ignoreAltMissing does not work with .htmltest

[Merovex]

The feature ignoreAltMissing does not accept a true value when using the .htmltest feature

DirectoryPath: "public"
EnforceHTTPS: true
CacheExpires: "6h"
OutputLogFile: htmltest.log
LogLevel: 3
IgnoreAltMissing: false
CheckInternal: false

[wjdp]

Hi @Merovex, can you explain a little more?

• What version of htmltest are you using? (Run htmltest -v)
• What operating system are you running?
• What error (if any) do you see?
• What behaviour were you expecting?
• What behaviour do you get?

[Merovex]

htmltest 0.10.1
2018-10-02T21:20:31Z

I had just installed it.

Mac Mohave

The behavior I expected was decorative images with empty alt-tags (<img ... alt="">) would be ignored. This complies with WCAG-2.0 AA when the graphic conveys no information.

The behavior I got was it identified all empty alt-tags.

[wjdp]

Ah I see, I don't think we can offer a solution for this as it's context dependant.

Your only option would be to disable this check and 'take responsibility' for checking the alt tags yourself.

[Merovex]

Yeah, I tried to disable the check, and it would not let me. That's the defect. Under WCAG if an image is alt="" then it's decoration. Screen readers know to ignore it. I just need your check to recognize when that's the case and move on.

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[wjdp]

Gotcha, tested and confirmed this. Fix is attached in the PR. May revisit this in the future with a more explicit IgnoreAltBlank setting if you still want to check for missing alts.

[Merovex]

Coolness. I'm not the most GH savvy, is there any way to get the executable so I can move past 0.10.1?

[wjdp]

Not on GitHub no, just the release builds here.

CI does upload master builds onto this website https://builds.htmltest.wjdp.uk (looks like Linux and osx builds only). I've just merged so new build should appear within 10 mins. You want to pick the v0.10.1 build with the biggest number at the end, check the dates on the files to be sure.

(Disclaimer: haven't checked the builds on that site for a long time)

[wjdp]

This is the one you want: https://builds.htmltest.wjdp.uk/v0.10.1-16-g893c0dd/

[Merovex]

shakes fist

I was going to complain it didn't work...then I double checked to ensure the IgnoreAltMissing was set (I had reversed it to confirm something earlier).

Now I'm only getting the errors that matter.

Shame on you, being helpful, and productive and all. You'll get a reputation. :)

Thank you for the fast turn around.