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[Kristina Hoeppner <1737995@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This turns out to be a bit more complex than upon quick reading.

There is no clear distinction between alt text and image caption and we
seem to be wanting to use the description field that is in the 'Files'
area for both of these two things. However, these two can diverge and at
times maybe even should diverge because the alt text is to describe the
image, e.g. 'Two women dressed in warm jackets walk along a deserted
beach', whereas the caption puts the image into the context of the
surrounding text, e.g. 'Sandy and Mel discuss their latest project while
out and about'.

Currently, the description is used both for alt text and caption when an
image is added in the 'Image' block. It is updated automatically when
the description is changed for the file.

The description is not pulled into a text block when the image is added
via TinyMCE.

The questions that are open right now as far as I can see are the
following, also taking WCAG 2.1 into consideration before thinking about
how to solve that technically:

1. Should alt text and caption always be the same or should they be able to diverge?
2. Do we need a title tag for images besides alt text and caption or is the title tag essentially the caption?
3. Do we want the alt text to be able to be changed depending on where the image is displayed or should the alt text always be the same?
4. Do we want to be able to display a different caption for an image when it is displayed in pages? Scope limitation: for when an image is embedded in text, but not when it's used in an 'Image' or 'Image gallery' block.
5. Should a portfolio author be able to decide whether to display alt text?
6. Should a portfolio author be able to decide whether to display a caption?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737995

Title:
  Image description not showing when image is added to a text block

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When adding an image to Mahara there is the option to include a description. 
  When the image is added to a text block there is no way for the image description to made available either as text under the image, or when you hover over the image.

  
  I'm on version 17.04 using Chrome.

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