RFR: JDK-8314731 : Add support for the alt attribute in the image type input HTML tag [v12]
duke
duke at openjdk.org
Fri Sep 12 19:44:20 UTC 2025
On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:00:38 GMT, ScientificWare <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This is referenced in Java Bug Database as
>> - [JDK-8314731 : Adds support for the alt attribute in the image type input HTML tag.](https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug?bug_id=8314731)
>>
>> This is tracked in JBS as
>> - [JDK-8314731 : Add support for the alt attribute in the image type input HTML tag](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8314731)
>>
>> According [HTML 3.2 specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/SPSD-html32-20180315/#input)
>>
>> `alt` is not an attribute of the `input` element.
>>
>> According [HTML 4.01 specifications](https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.4) :
>>
>>> ... For accessibility reasons, authors should provide [alternate text](https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#alternate-text) for the image via the [alt](https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#adef-alt) attribute. ...
>>
>> This feature is not implemented in `FormView.java`.
>>
>> ⚠️ ~~This also affects the HTML 32 DTD~~
>>
>> 
>>
>> Left before the patch and right after the patch.
>>
>>
>> import java.awt.BorderLayout;
>> import java.awt.Dimension;
>> import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
>> import javax.swing.JFrame;
>> import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
>> import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
>> import javax.swing.text.Document;
>> import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit;
>> import javax.swing.text.html.StyleSheet;
>>
>> public class HTMLAddsSupportAltInputTag {
>> public static void main(String[] args) {
>> new HTMLAddsSupportAltInputTag();
>> }
>>
>> public HTMLAddsSupportAltInputTag() {
>> SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
>> public void run(){
>> JEditorPane jEditorPane = new JEditorPane();
>> jEditorPane.setEditable(false);
>> JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(jEditorPane);
>> HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
>> jEditorPane.setEditorKit(kit);
>> StyleSheet styleSheet = kit.getStyleSheet();
>> styleSheet.addRule("""
>> body {
>> color: #000;
>> font-family: times;
>> margin: 4px;
>> }
>> """);
>> String htmlString = """
>> <html>
>> <body>
>> <input type=image name=point src="file:oracle_logo_50x50.jpg" alt="Logo Oracle JPG">
>> <p>
>> <input type=image name=point src="file:none_or...
>
> ScientificWare has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 29 commits:
>
> - Merge master
> - Add newline at end of file - Modify a variable name.
> - Merge master
> - Change the copyright year and apply the suggestions from the test code.
>
> bug8314731.java:
> - Bump the copyright year to 2025.
> - Rename or remove some methods.
> - Simplify the code.
> - Remove unused imports.
> - Replace the anonymous class with a lambda.
>
> FormView.java:
> - Fix misalignment.
> - Merge master
> - JDK-8314731 : Remove all indentations accidentally introduced by the previous commit.
> - Merge master
> - Merge master
> - jdk-8314731 : FormView Alt Support.
>
> FormView.java :
> - revert ALL unrelated changing to formatting.
>
> bug8314731.java :
> - Fix the test description.
> - Change where the user interface is created.
> - Add a finall block to be sure the Frame is disposed.
> - Replace "testPassed" with "testFailed".
> - Merge master
> - ... and 19 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/134c3ef4...5e6a08bd
@scientificware
Your change (at version 5e6a08bde302f0f5156374ee6a9e1e6cd3f58899) is now ready to be sponsored by a Committer.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15319#issuecomment-3286603390
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