89399 - RFE: Image size should take precedence over alt text

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 41924

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Hrunting Johnson]

If someone takes the time to specify a height and width attribute for an image, 
then if that image fails to load, the space taken by the unloaded image should 
be the same as the specified attributes.  Right now, if alt text is specified, 
the unloaded image conforms to the space needed by the alt text.  A lot of 
times, designers use 1px transparent images to create horizontal lines and the 
like and provide an alt text like '---' for text browsers.  When those 
transparent images fail to load, the text appears, completely destroying what 
has been specified by the designer.

Comment 1

[Chase Tingley]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41924 ***

Comment 2

[Tim Powell]

Although I understand that this is a duplicate of bug 41924, it seems like it 
would make a lot of sense to track this one issue separately. Bug 41924 is 
dealing with a lot of different issues and seems to mainly relate to what 
attributes to use when ALT is missing. Perhaps better this could be a dependent 
bug. Also see bug 87328, which is another place where the current ALT text 
handling messes up layout.