--- loncom/homework/chemresponse.pm	2023/06/26 14:24:15	1.102
+++ loncom/homework/chemresponse.pm	2025/01/27 18:43:23	1.103
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # chemical equation style response
 #
-# $Id: chemresponse.pm,v 1.102 2023/06/26 14:24:15 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: chemresponse.pm,v 1.103 2025/01/27 18:43:23 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -558,10 +558,15 @@ sub start_organicstructure {
 	my $width=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('width',$parstack,$safeeval);
 	my $molecule=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('molecule',$parstack,$safeeval);
 	my $options=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('options',$parstack,$safeeval);
+        my $alttext=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('alt',$parstack,$safeeval);
+        if ($alttext eq '') {
+            $alttext = &mt('Organic structure');
+        }
+        $alttext = &HTML::Entities::encode($alttext,'<>&"');
 	my $id=&Apache::loncommon::get_cgi_id();
 	$result="<img src='/cgi-bin/convertjme.pl?$id'";
 	if ($options =~ /border/) { $result.= ' border="1"'; }
-	$result.=' />';
+	$result.=' alt="'.$alttext.'" />';
 	&Apache::lonnet::appenv(
             {'cgi.'.$id.'.JME'   => &escape($molecule),
 	     'cgi.'.$id.'.PNG' => 1,
@@ -610,12 +615,14 @@ sub start_organicstructure {
 					     [ ['reaction','Is a reaction'],
 					       ['border','Draw a border'] ],
 					     $token);
+        $result .= '<br />'.&Apache::edit::text_arg('Alt text in JME img tag:','alt',$token,30).
+                   ' ('.&mt('student-viewable in HTML source').')';
 	$result .=&Apache::edit::end_row();
     } elsif ($target eq 'modified') {
 	my $constructtag=&Apache::edit::get_new_args($token,$parstack,
 						     $safeeval,'molecule',
 						     'width','texwidth',
-						     'options');
+						     'options','alt');
 	if ($constructtag) { $result = &Apache::edit::rebuild_tag($token); }
     }
     return $result;