tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/suggestions/3088-alt-attribute-captionMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2019-06-26T22:59:05Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/472596412019-05-13T16:06:56Z2019-05-13T16:06:59Zalt Attribute > Caption<div><p>Would it be possible for a future release of to keep the alt attribute as an alt attribute (or perhaps make it an option in Preferences)?</p>
<p>I ask because I'm a technical writer and all of my screenshots are on their own line, but I don't want captions, just the alt attribute.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what the best way is to tackle this at the moment, so if anyone has suggestions, I'm excited to see them! For now, I think I'll add the alt text below the image and then cut it and paste into the HTML code with a little TextExpander magic. I'm not smart enough (yet?) to figure out how to use regex to find and delete all instances of … and … without removing the <img src="%E2%80%A6"> in between.</p>
<p>Please consider this a vote for your "alternative plan … to use what currently generates the title attribute to instead generate the alt attribute in all instances…."</p></div>sylvaticustag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/472596412019-05-14T20:11:36Z2019-05-14T20:11:36Zalt Attribute > Caption<div><p>The easiest workaround at the moment is to simply convert the figure into a regular image by including "something else" in the paragraph, such as a non-breaking space.</p>
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<code>![This is a *caption*](http://files.fletcherpenney.net/Nautilus_Star.png "title")
![This is just alt text.](http://files.fletcherpenney.net/Nautilus_Star.png "title")&nbsp;</code>
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<p>Instead of <code>&nbsp;</code> you can also use <code>\</code> to result in same thing.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Fletcher</p>
<p>--<br>
Fletcher T. Penney<br>
Manager, Founder<br>
MultiMarkdown Software, LLC<br>
<a href="mailto:admin@multimarkdown.com">admin@multimarkdown.com</a></p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/472596412019-05-15T17:04:17Z2019-05-15T17:04:17Zalt Attribute > Caption<div><p>Ahhh…I had a whole bunch of stupid text here (now deleted) because like an idiot, I only read what you wrote and didn't try it out.</p>
<p>So, adding at the end of the line worked as expected.</p>
<p>When I tried adding a backslash + space, it didn't: a backslash appeared beneath my image. But when I typed just the backslash, a weird character appeared (don't know what to call it, but it looks like backwards L on its side. 😜</p>
<p>Doing that worked too, and typing "\" is must faster than typing " ".</p>
<p>Thank you!! That's a way better workaround!! 🍻</p></div>sylvaticustag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/472596412019-05-15T17:10:35Z2019-05-15T17:10:35Zalt Attribute > Caption<div><p>Glad it worked, and I do recognize this is a workaround and not an ideal solution.</p>
<p>But one thing at a time, right?</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Fletcher</p>
<p>--<br>
Fletcher T. Penney<br>
Manager, Founder<br>
MultiMarkdown Software, LLC<br>
<a href="mailto:admin@multimarkdown.com">admin@multimarkdown.com</a></p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/472596412019-05-15T17:14:45Z2019-05-15T17:14:45Zalt Attribute > Caption<div><p>NO NO!!! I'm thrilled at the workaround!</p>
<p>As a wise man said, "All you can do is all you can do."</p>
<p>This workaround makes it SO much easier than what I was going to do, and I completely agree with the choices you made for MultiMarkdown 3!</p>
<p>As far as I'm concerned, the workaround is good enough that I have no problem waiting for this to come off the back burner in the distant future. I suspect there could be formatting challenges if space is tight (tables come to mind), but as you say, "One thing at a time."</p>
<p>I have another suggestion if it's not too awful. I make that after our team stand up. :-)</p>
<p>THANK YOU!</p></div>sylvaticus