Research & Advisory | Gartner

Privacy Policy | Gartner

Gartner HR Insights

Helping Tech Marketers Drive Growth | Gartner

Gartner for Software Engineering Leaders

Gartner Audit & Risk Insights

Leverage Technology with Gartner for Data and Analytics Leaders

Gartner Legal and Compliance Insights

Consulting | Gartner

What We Do and How We Got Here | Gartner

When an image is the only content of a link, it should specify alternative text, 
via an `alt` attribute. The alternative text should describe the purpose of the link.

Without this, some users will be unable to determine what a link does, for example anyone 
using a screen reader.

To fix this, simply add an `alt` attribute to the image inside the link, e.g.:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="A red apple">
</a>
```

img-in-link-missing-alt

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Research & Advisory \| Gartnerwww.gartner.com/en/products	17
	Privacy Policy \| Gartnerwww.gartner.com/en/about/policies/privacy	17
	Gartner HR Insightswww.gartner.com/en/human-resources	7
	Helping Tech Marketers Drive Growth \| Gartnerwww.gartner.com/en/tech-marketing	5
	Gartner for Software Engineering Leaderswww.gartner.com/en/software-engineering	5
	Gartner Audit & Risk Insightswww.gartner.com/en/audit-risk	5
	Leverage Technology with Gartner for Data and Analytics Leaderswww.gartner.com/en/data-analytics	4
	Gartner Legal and Compliance Insightswww.gartner.com/en/legal-compliance	4
	Consulting \| Gartnerwww.gartner.com/en/consulting	3
	What We Do and How We Got Here \| Gartnerwww.gartner.com/en/about	3

Specify alternative text for images inside links

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