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Re: Glyphicons and aria-label or alt=

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From: glen walker
Date: Aug 14, 2020 2:22PM

> The alt attribute is only valid on <img> elements (or, for those of us
> who remember olden times, for <area> elements, I think for <object>
> elements as well, but nothing else).
>

Just for completeness, the alt attribute is also allowed on the <input>
element but only if type="image".

You can find more info on aria-label support at
https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#label-support. It talks about specifying
a role as both Patrick and Birkir talked about.