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Alternative Text for CSS Generated Content

• An Adrian Roselli post about the new “CSS generated content alternative text” syntax, which allows you to specify alt text for CSS background images. For example: .new::before { content: url("./star.png") / "New!"; }. Browser support is very patchy and this should not be relied on yet, but it is a promising step as currently background images are not accessible to screen readers nor to sighted users using Windows High Contrast mode. It’s worth noting that the alt text won’t display if the image fails to load, so it’s still generally best to use a normal <img>.

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