Rename TreeItem's alt_text to description for consistency with Accessibility API - #107540
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…cessibility-alt-text-to-description Rename TreeItem's `alt_text` to `description` for consistency with Accessibility API
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So, basically, #76829 introduced many accessibility methods and properties across many classes, in order to assign a custom summary for assistive applications. Most commonly, this is referred to as "description":
accessibility_descriptionaccessibility_update_set_description& similar.get_action_descriptiongui_get_drag_description&gui_set_drag_descriptionIn comparison, TreeItem is the only one that refers to the same concept as "alternative text" 1:
set_alt_text,get_alt_text,set_button_alt_text. This is inconsistent, and this PR addresses that.Note that this breaks compatibility, but only with existing dev versions, as #76829 was merged during
4.5's development.Footnotes
RichTextLabel actually has an
alt_textparameter for images, which is entirely appropriate. ↩