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HTML - display text message when image is not loaded correctly

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In this article, we would like to show you how to display text message when the image is not loaded correctly in HTML.

Quick solution:

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<img src="https://wrong-url.com/image.png" alt="Error message." />

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There are many reasons that may cause image loading errors: incorrect URL, network connection problems, incorrect server configuration, incorrect image file.

Practical example

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In this example, we display text message when the image isn't loaded correctly using alt attribute. The message about loading error is displayed in the console too using onerror event.

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<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
  <script>
    
    function handleError(image) {
        console.error('Image loading error (' + image.src + ').');
    }
    
  </script>
  <img src="https://wrong-url.com/image.png" alt="Image loading error." onerror="handleError(this)" />
</body>
</html>