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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Cannot Add Captions To Images in Alloy Editor

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Dia Seung

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Issue

  • AlloyEditor is the default blog WYSIWYG editor in DXP 7.3, and seems to be missing a feature to add captions to images.
  • This feature is available in CKEditor but the default editor for Blogs in DXP 7.3 is AlloyEditor instead of CKEditor.  

Environment

  • DXP 7.3

Resolution

  • DXP 7.3 dxp-2 and above ships with LPS-130028, which allows image captions for Blogs with the figure/figcaption HTML tags (in Code View).  The Figure Caption element can be used in the Blog post content section with Code View activated by using the following HTML format: 
<figure>
<img src="{image_url}" alt="{alt_text}">
<figcaption>Lorem Ipsum</figcaption>
</figure>
  • Currently, there is no WYSIWYG way to add captions without utilizing Code View.
    • Feature Request LPS-157439 for a Frontend UI option for adding Image Captions was made to request this option for those unable to utilize Code View.

    • You can follow the request’s progress by opting in to watch the LPS, vote your support for the request to increase its visibility, or add additional feedback or concerns through the comments section. 

 

 

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