30-seconds-of-code/snippets/css/s/broken-image-fallback.md

title, type, shortTitle, language, tags, author, cover, dateModified

title	type	shortTitle	language	tags	author	cover	dateModified
Fallback for images that fail to load	snippet	Broken image fallback	css	visual	chalarangelo	building-facade	2022-11-04T05:00:00-04:00

Displays an error message when an image fails to load.

• Apply styles to the img element as if it was a text container.
• Use the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements to display an error message and the image URL. These elements will only be displayed if the image fails to load.

<img src="https://nowhere.to.be/found.jpg" />

img {
  display: block;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  height: auto;
  line-height: 2;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}

img::before {
  content: "Sorry, this image is unavailable.";
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

img::after {
  content: "(url: " attr(src) ")";
  display: block;
  font-size: 12px;
}