id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
8888	Inserting image without caption permanently erases attachment post_excerpt; can't insert image with alt text and no caption	Sam_a	anonymous	"In the ""Add an image: Media Library"" dialog, an image attachment with a non-empty ''Caption'' field is always inserted with a printed caption. If you clear the ''Caption'' field and click ''Insert into post'', the image is inserted with no printed caption (and no alternative text either) -- but that permanently erases the attachment's excerpt.

So I think we need 2 changes:

 * Authors should be able to choose whether to insert a printed caption without making permanent changes to the attachment's caption field (maybe via a checkbox that says, e.g., ☑ ''Print a caption beneath the image''); and
 * Images inserted without a printed caption should have alternative text from the ''Caption'' field

"	enhancement	closed	normal		Media		normal	duplicate	2nd-opinion needs-patch media-upload