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So the interesting thing here is bbPress doesn't support the [caption] shortcode in their content either.

If you view the post that Scott made:
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/test-group-1761529915/forum/topic/rich-text-test/#post-50968

The caption shortcode is not rendered.

I think for "feature" parity, we remove the "Image Caption" box from the TinyMCE Image button and call it a day. Commit fc3c2d6 does this and is available on cdev for testing.

What does everyone think?

Hi Ray -- thanks for this. My only concern about your proposed path is that it leads to an accessibility issue where people using screenreaders might not be able to tell what the image displays. Can you see any way around that issue?

I don't believe that captions are an accessibility feature specifically. WordPress's caption feature just wraps the text in p and div tags that aren't semantically related to the image itself. Screenreaders look at the image's alt text, which is set separately.

Removing the caption seems like the right short-term solution.

Thanks, Boone. Does that mean that it is currently possible to include alt text for images in forum posts?

Thanks, Boone. Does that mean that it is currently possible to include alt text for images in forum posts?

Yes, that's what the "Description" field does.

great -- thank you. then no issue from me in moving forward as suggested above