quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto
Correct image placeholder text
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Description
When "dropping" an image into the VS Code Editor with the Quarto extension the following markdown is generated:

It would be more correct for Alt text to say Caption, i.e.

It might also be worth considering whether the placeholder should include alt text, e.g. perhaps you should get:
{fig-alt="Alt text"}
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Research direction
Reproduce the image drop action in the Quarto VS Code extension and inspect the entry point that generates the markdown placeholder. Confirm the generated caption text matches the requested wording, and consider the optional fig-alt form described in the issue before verifying the result in VS Code.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100