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HtmlInputImage::Alt Property

Gets or sets the alternative text that the browser displays if the image is unavailable or has not been downloaded.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::String
The alternative text for the specified image. The default value is an empty string ("").

Use the Alt property to specify the text to display when the specified image is not available or has not been downloaded. You can also use this property to programmatically determine the specified alternative text.

In browsers that support the ToolTip feature, this text also appears as a ToolTip for the HtmlInputImage control.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Alt property to specify the alternate text to display when the image is not available.

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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

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