Support image captions - in addition to alt text

[Moin]

The AI auto caption feature was removed in July.

Is there any way to permanently disable AI captions as a user?

I think this is resolved, in that we pulled the feature for now. Automatic captioning needs a rethink and we needed a breather to rethink the feature. It is a wonderful feature for search, it is great to be able to type with:images cat and find all the cat pictures. However the collateral damage here of causing confusing and over long captions is not worth it. We are thinking of ways to enhance the metadata (and handle history) without impacting the user experience. Additionally, this “extra…

@shortmort37

It’s not clear to me, however, how you add a caption when you upload - can you clarify for me?

The way how you can add captions depends on which editor you use. In the rich text editor, you click on the image, then on the text below the image and edit it.

In Markdown mode, you can edit it in the preview at the little pencil icon, or you can type directly in the editor.