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It should be alternative text, not alternate text.

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Thanks for the pr. It seems we've used the wording "alternate text" in several different rules. We agree that updating the wording to "alternative text" to match the HTML and ARIA specs would be good, but we'd like to do so consistently.

Would you mind updating all use-cases of the wording "alternate text" to "alternative text"? It looks like these rules are affected:

  • area-alt
  • image-alt
  • input-image-alt
  • object-alt
  • role-img-alt

@straker straker changed the title Correction of meaning on a single but important word on image-alt rule docs: Change "alternate text" to "alternative text" Oct 3, 2024
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straker commented Oct 3, 2024

Thanks for the updates.

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@straker straker changed the title docs: Change "alternate text" to "alternative text" fix(rules): Change "alternate text" to "alternative text" Oct 3, 2024
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fix(rules): Change "alternate text" to "alternative text" (#4582)
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It should be alternative text, not alternate text. 

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chore(release): v4.10.1 (#4615)
b581695 
###
[4.10.1](v4.10.0...v4.10.1)
(2024-10-16)

### Bug Fixes

- **aria-allowed-role:** add form to allowed roles of form element
([#4588](#4588))
([d462d67](d462d67)),
closes
[/github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/lib/standards/html-elms.js#L264](https://github.com/dequelabs//github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/lib/standards/html-elms.js/issues/L264)
- **axe.d.ts:** add typings for preload options object
([#4543](#4543))
([72e269f](72e269f))
- **button-name,input-button-name,input-img-alt:** allow label to give
accessible name
([#4607](#4607))
([364eb72](364eb72)),
closes [#4472](#4472)
[#3696](#3696)
[#3696](#3696)
- **get-ancestry:** add nth-child selector for multiple siblings of
shadow root ([#4606](#4606))
([bdd94a2](bdd94a2)),
closes [#4563](#4563)
- **rules:** Change "alternate text" to "alternative text"
([#4582](#4582))
([31e0f61](31e0f61))
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chore(release): v4.11.0 (#4904)
7dc4242 
##
[4.11.0](v4.10.3...v4.11.0)
(2025-10-07)

### Features

- add RGAA tags to rules
([#4862](#4862))
([53a925a](53a925a))
- **aria-prohibited-attr:** add support for fallback roles
([#4325](#4325))
([62a19a9](62a19a9))
- **axe.d.ts:** add nodeSerializer typings
([#4551](#4551))
([a2f3a48](a2f3a48)),
closes [#4093](#4093)
- **DqElement:** deprecate fromFrame function
([#4881](#4881))
([374c376](374c376)),
closes [#4093](#4093)
- **DqElement:** Truncate large `html` strings when the element has a
large outerHTML string
([#4796](#4796))
([404a4fb](404a4fb)),
closes [#4544](#4544)
- **get-xpath:** return proper relative selector for id
([#4846](#4846))
([1035f9e](1035f9e)),
closes [#4845](#4845)
- **i18n:** Add Portugal Portuguese translation
([#4725](#4725))
([5b6a65a](5b6a65a))
- incomplete with node on which an error occurred
([#4863](#4863))
([32ed8da](32ed8da))
- **locale:** Added ru locale
([#4565](#4565))
([067b01d](067b01d))
- **tap:** some best practice rules map to RGAA
([#4895](#4895))
([bc33f4c](bc33f4c))
- **td-headers-attr:** report headers attribute referencing other <td>
elements as unsupported
([#4589](#4589))
([ec7c6c8](ec7c6c8)),
closes [#3987](#3987)

### Bug Fixes

- **aria-allowed-role:** add form to allowed roles of form element
([#4588](#4588))
([8aa47ac](8aa47ac)),
closes
[/github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/lib/standards/html-elms.js#L264](https://github.com/dequelabs//github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/lib/standards/html-elms.js/issues/L264)
- **aria-allowed-role:** Add math to allowed roles for img element
([#4658](#4658))
([95b6c18](95b6c18)),
closes [#4657](#4657)
- **autocomplete-valid :** Ignore readonly autocomplete field
([#4721](#4721))
([491f4ec](491f4ec)),
closes [#4708](#4708)
- **autocomplete-valid:** treat values "xon" and "xoff" as
non-WCAG-violations
([#4878](#4878))
([52bc611](52bc611)),
closes [#4877](#4877)
- **axe.d.ts:** add typings for preload options object
([#4543](#4543))
([cfd2974](cfd2974))
- **button-name,input-button-name,input-img-alt:** allow label to give
accessible name
([#4607](#4607))
([a9710d7](a9710d7)),
closes [#4472](#4472)
[#3696](#3696)
[#3696](#3696)
- **captions:** fix grammar in captions check incomplete message
([#4661](#4661))
([11de515](11de515))
- **color-contrast:** do not run on elements with font-size: 0
([#4822](#4822))
([d77c885](d77c885)),
closes [#4820](#4820)
- consistently parse tabindex, following HTML 5 spec
([#4637](#4637))
([645a850](645a850)),
closes [#4632](#4632)
- **core:** measure perf for async checks
([#4609](#4609))
([7e9bacf](7e9bacf))
- fix grammar when using "alternative text" in a sentence
([#4811](#4811))
([237a586](237a586)),
closes [#4394](#4394)
- **get-ancestry:** add nth-child selector for multiple siblings of
shadow root ([#4606](#4606))
([1cdd6c3](1cdd6c3)),
closes [#4563](#4563)
- **get-ancestry:** don't error when there is no parent
([#4617](#4617))
([a005703](a005703))
- **locale:** fix typos in japanese (ja) locale
([#4856](#4856))
([3462cc5](3462cc5))
- **locale:** fixed typos in german (DE) locale
([#4631](#4631))
([b7736de](b7736de))
- **locale:** proofread and updated de.json
([#4643](#4643))
([8060ada](8060ada))
- **meta-viewport:** lower impact to moderate
([#4887](#4887))
([2f32aa5](2f32aa5)),
closes [#4714](#4714)
- **no-autoplay-audio:** don't timeout for preload=none media elements
([#4684](#4684))
([cdc871e](cdc871e))
- **performanceTimer:** throwing in axe catch clause
([#4852](#4852))
([a4ade04](a4ade04)),
closes
[/github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/e7dae4ec48cbfef74de9f833fdcfb178c1002985/lib/core/base/rule.js#L297-L300](https://github.com/dequelabs//github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/e7dae4ec48cbfef74de9f833fdcfb178c1002985/lib/core/base/rule.js/issues/L297-L300)
- **performanceTimer:** work in frames
([#4834](#4834))
([d7dfebc](d7dfebc))
- **rules:** Change "alternate text" to "alternative text"
([#4582](#4582))
([b03ada3](b03ada3))
- **target-size:** do not treat focusable tabpanels as targets
([#4702](#4702))
([60d11f2](60d11f2)),
closes [#4421](#4421)
[#4701](#4701)
- **type:** correct RuleError type
([#4893](#4893))
([d1aa8e2](d1aa8e2))
- **types:** correct raw types
([#4903](#4903))
([3eade11](3eade11))

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