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Shape.AlternativeText Property

Gets or sets the descriptive (alternative) text for a drawing object.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

string AlternativeText { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
String

A String value specifying the alternative text.

#Remarks

The AlternativeText property defines the alternative, text-based representation of a picture or chart content. This information can be useful for people with vision or cognitive impairments who may not be able to see or understand the object.

Set the Shape.Decorative property to true to mark that the drawing object does not contain meaningful content and is purely decorative.

The following code snippet specifies alternative text for an inserted picture:

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
//...

Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.BeginUpdate();
try {
    Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
    // Insert picture.
    Picture picture = worksheet.Pictures.AddPicture("Pictures\\x-docserver.png", worksheet.Cells["A1"]);
    picture.AlternativeText = "Excel file icons with error and data formats";
}
finally {
    workbook.EndUpdate();
}

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