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Changing rich text representation
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The HTML representation of an image in rich text can be customised - for example, to display captions or custom fields.

To do this requires subclassing ``Format`` (see :ref:`rich_text_image_formats`), and overriding its ``image_to_html`` method.

You may then register formats of your subclass using ``register_image_format`` as usual.

.. code-block:: python

    # image_formats.py
    from wagtail.images.formats import Format, register_image_format


    class SubclassedImageFormat(Format):

        def image_to_html(self, image, alt_text, extra_attributes=None):

            custom_html = # the custom HTML representation of your image here
                          # in Format, the image's rendition.img_tag(extra_attributes) is used to generate the HTML
                          # representation

            return custom_html


    register_image_format(
        SubclassedImageFormat('subclassed_format', 'Subclassed Format', classnames, filter_spec)
    )

As an example, let's say you want the alt text to be displayed as a caption for the image as well:

.. code-block:: python

    # image_formats.py
    from django.utils.html import format_html
    from wagtail.images.formats import Format, register_image_format


    class CaptionedImageFormat(Format):

        def image_to_html(self, image, alt_text, extra_attributes=None):

            default_html = super().image_to_html(image, alt_text, extra_attributes)

            return format_html("{}<figcaption>{}</figcaption>", default_html, alt_text)


    register_image_format(
        CaptionedImageFormat('captioned_fullwidth', 'Full width captioned', 'bodytext-image', 'width-750')
    )

.. note::
    Any custom HTML image features will not be displayed in the Draftail editor, only on the published page.