[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63838: Site logo block should provide a way to specify alt text

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#63838: Site logo block should provide a way to specify alt text
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 Reporter:  Fab1en                           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                           |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                             |  Review
Component:  Media                            |     Version:  6.8.2
 Severity:  normal                           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-test-info has-screenshots  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by circlecube):

 * keywords:  needs-test-info => needs-test-info has-screenshots


Comment:

 Tested and reproduced the issue that there is no alt text field for a site
 logo image in the site editor:
 [[Image(site-logo-block-settings-no-alt-text-field.png)]]

 I also confirmed that when no alt text is entered for the image in the
 media library, the alt text for the site logo image on the front end looks
 to be the site title:
 [[Image(site-logo-media-library-no-alt-text.png)]]
 [[Image(site-logo-with-no-alt-text-site-title-used.png)]]

 Then I tested that selecting a media library image does load the alt text
 for that image if it is entered:
 [[Image(site-logo-media-library-with-alt-text.png)]]
 [[Image(site-logo-with-alt-text-from-media-library.png)]]

 A user may not understand that they need to find the image in the media
 library and add alt text to update the alt text of the site logo, since it
 is blank and does not match the existing alt text by default. Furthermore,
 for consistency, it seems that the alt text should be displayed in the
 site logo editor block settings, since it is displayed for an image block.
 This teached users where to expect an alt text field, even though it is
 also in the media library.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63838#comment:6>
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