alt:
A short description of the element.
Used with Elements:
Content:
A short text description of the element.
Default:
Not required
Deprecated in XHTML 1.0:
Yes
DTD:
XHTML 1.0 Loose
Other Alt Elements:
XHTML Attributes - alt for applet
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