When reusing the same image in different places, the alt text of the image might be different for each use. Since images could contain a lot of elements, you might want to describe different parts of the image depending on the context of how the image is used. It is currently not possible to override the canonical alt text of a media image on a per use basis. (Similarly, different tags might be needed depending on where it is used.)
As the WCAG makes a distinction between:
This is also discussed in 🐛 According to the WCAG guidelines decorative images should not have an alt-text but this is not possible Active
Add an map field to the media entity reference to store the field overrides. Note the override is per fieldand not per field_property.
Add more doxygen to the media item class, especially around the per field vs per property override.
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Makes Drupal easier to use. Preferred over UX, D7UX, etc.
It affects the ability of people with disabilities or special needs (such as blindness or color-blindness) to use Drupal.
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Just wanted to leave a note here, that we need something similar, but not for the alt-text, but for a subset of fields of the media entity to override in the referencing media reference field wiget.
https://www.drupal.org/project/media_library_media_modify → is close, but implements its own field type, which is a problem for existing sites. Instead, it should be a field widget for the existing media references.