Bug 160377 - UI: Label Description in the options tab of the in image properties dialog should be Alt-text
Summary: UI: Label Description in the options tab of the in image properties dialog sh...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Keywords: difficultyBeginner, easyHack, skillDesign
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Blocks: Writer-Images
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Reported: 2024-03-26 11:27 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2024-04-04 03:14 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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2024-03-26 11:27 UTC, Telesto 		Details
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Description Telesto 2024-03-26 11:27:21 UTC 
Description:
UI: Label Description in the options tab of the in image properties dialog should be Alt-text

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer
2. Insert a jpg
3. Press F4
4. Go to Options tab

Actual Results:
There is a field description

Expected Results:
It should be 'Alt Text" for consistency reasons. A confusing phrase - I tend to read it as 'Alternative Text". So alternative label or something. Whereas it actually more a 'Description' field (as based on size). This interpretation is also bit more in line with IPTC standard. But well Alt-Text has a clear definition (bug 155044)


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0020fc1167b3760d0631001689a44427b72b816e
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Telesto 2024-03-26 11:27:34 UTC 
Created attachment 193314 [details]
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Comment 2 Haris 2024-04-01 05:19:41 UTC 
Hi Telesto,

I checked out the "Help" page for the "Options" tab, and it seems like the names for both "Text" and "Alt Text" were changed to "Text Alternative" and "Description" respectively in the newer LibreOffice versions. I believe the "Help" page might be outdated hence the inconsistency. 

I used the following two builds:

Stable Build
Version: 24.2.1.2 (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac
CPU threads: 10; OS: macOS 14.1.2; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Master/Daily Build
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c4023d3ec604abfff38be2053e2989c7ec2ba8c1
CPU threads: 10; OS: macOS 14.1.2; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Telesto 2024-04-02 20:31:58 UTC 
(In reply to Haris from comment #2)
> Hi Telesto,
> 
> I checked out the "Help" page for the "Options" tab, and it seems like the
> names for both "Text" and "Alt Text" were changed to "Text Alternative" and
> "Description" respectively in the newer LibreOffice versions. I believe the
> "Help" page might be outdated hence the inconsistency. 
> 

@Haris/Heiko
I Bug 155044 renamed 'Description' field to Alt-Text. This applies to Forms; Shapes; OLE-objects across the applications within the suite. Also for images inserted into Calc have Alt-text

The exception being Writer Image dialog (as far I'm aware). Where the 'same' field is called 'Description'.
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2024-04-03 03:13:57 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2024-04-03 08:22:12 UTC 
The "Description" in bug 155044 was only relevant for the object title. It is still in the IMAP dialog (don't ask me how to run this). Let's keep Description in Writer's properties dialog.

The change from "Text Alternative" to "Alt Text" sounds reasonable to have consistent labels. It needs to be done in sw/uiconfig/swriter/ui/frmaddpage.ui