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HtmlImage::Alt Property

Gets or sets the alternative caption the browser displays if an image is unavailable or currently downloading and not yet finished.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
property String^ Alt {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
<asp:HtmlImage Alt="String" />

Property Value

Type: System::String
A string that contains the alternative caption for the browser to use when the image is unavailable.

Use this property to specify the caption displayed when the image specified by the Src property is unavailable. On newer browsers, this caption also appears as a ToolTip.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Alt property to specify the caption to display when the image specified by the Src property is unavailable.

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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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