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The purpose of the image, an icon, is to provide a link to the Commons search page. The appearance of the icon is not important, but its function is. By writing the alternative text in the "caption" field of the image markup, it is both the alt text and the link title. The link title appears as a tooltip in some browsers.
Alternative text Text that provides the same essential information as an image in an article, provided by the alt attribute, image caption, and sometimes the body text. [6] Alt attribute The HTML attribute used on webpages to specify alternative text to be displayed in place of an element that cannot be rendered. [12] Alt parameter
Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced Text style ↓ {} options [note 1] to achieve text style Link style Linked Unlinked Linked with subst Unlinked with subst Linked including braces Linked with alternative text {} options [note 1] to achieve link style — DEFAULT nolink=yes
See Wikipedia:Alternative text for images for discussion of appropriate alt text. Internet Explorer displays the link title as a tooltip but other browsers may not. [needs update] Hint: to force the caption to be written (underneath the picture) and not just appear as "hover text" even when you wish to resize the image, specify "thumb".
Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add file format information for the visually impaired. (This is not a concern with PDF, because the auto-detection will add "(PDF)" as descriptive text.) See Using |format= url-access: See Access indicators for url-holding parameters
Links should not be placed in the boldface reiteration of the title in the opening sentence of a lead. [a] Be conservative when linking within quotations; link only to targets that correspond to the meaning clearly intended by the quote's author. Where possible, link from text outside of the quotation instead – either before it or soon after. [b]
The {{colored link}} template takes two parameters to function: the color of the link, the article being linked to, with an optional third parameter for alternative text to display as a piped link. {{colored link|orange|Canada}} → Canada {{colored link|#00F000|Page name to link|Alternative text}} → Alternative text; Or
When the cursor is passed over a special-character link, the link is underlined; clicking on the underlined link enters that character at the current cursor position in the edit window. Figure 2. Special-character links below edit window: default Insert group. Russian letters are in the Cyrillic group; most other European letters are in the ...