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Handling Images in Accessible Help Center Content

Learn how to use alt text for images to make your help center content accessible to all users.

How should I handle images in accessible help center content?

Provide clear and concise alt text for images and use null alt text for decorative images.

Alt text is crucial for screen readers to describe images to users who are visually impaired. For purposeful images, use the ALT function in the content block editor or add animage for sitealt attribute in the source code editor. For decorative images, use alt="" to ensure they are ignored by assistive technologies.


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