RE: nbsp ok for decorative alt?

By definition, <code>alt="&npsp;"</code> is not null. In my opinion, it
should not satisfy the SC1.1.1 requirement about decorative non text
content.

John

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From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Gez Lemon
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 6:22 AM
To: Gregg Vanderheiden
Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: Re: nbsp ok for decorative alt?



Hi Gregg,

On 10/04/06, Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu> wrote: <quote> We
had a technique that said

ALT="" and  ALT=" " were ok

but ALT=&amp;nbsp; was not.

But this has recently been questioned.  We need to decide on this one.

Is ALT=&amp;nbsp;  OK? Or not?
</quote>

&nbsp; is a presentational character entity. img {white-space: pre;} in
CSS would achieve the same result.

Best regards,

Gez
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