images inside a container don’t pick up the media meta data

  • Resolved Chris Whitford

    (@fcwhitford)


    1 year, 7 months ago

    Hi. When I place an image (a WP image block) inside a container in a grid, the alt text and title set in the edit media page don’t show in the image properties on the block editor and aren’t put in the html. They have to be entered in the block editor properties. Conversely, if a GB image block is used, the title and alt text are picked up, but the link button doesn’t have the drop-down menu with options to link to the media file or attachment page.

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    (@yingscarlett)

    Hi @fcwhitford ,

    I have not observed any discernible distinction between utilizing the WP image block inside a GB container and using it outside of the container.

    However, to incorporate a file link to the GB image block, you can find the option in the Dynamic Data panel. One can activate the dynamic data feature and select ‘single image’ as the link source.

    Let me know if this helps ??

    Thread Starter Chris Whitford

    (@fcwhitford)

    OK, I think I’ve worked this out. When an image is inserted it picks up the alt text from the media meta, but if the alt text is added to the media meta later it doesn’t change in any images already inserted. So the two aren’t linked. This does explain something that puzzled me, which is that if the same image is used in several places it may need different alt text. I haven’t completely got my head around the block editor yet – it’s so much more complicated than the classic editor.

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    (@yingscarlett)

    Glad you’ve worked it out ??

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