diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8465e81b..da7315cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+### [1.31.0](https://github.com/eea/volto-eea-website-theme/compare/1.30.0...1.31.0) - 14 March 2024
+
+#### :rocket: New Features
+
+- feat: Put default alt as the rights field  than image title - refs #159551 [dobri1408 - [`4f0e60b`](https://github.com/eea/volto-eea-website-theme/commit/4f0e60b02ce1167d92de3b294e75d2577c892c85)]
+
+#### :hammer_and_wrench: Others
+
+- Release 1.31.0 [alin - [`36690f7`](https://github.com/eea/volto-eea-website-theme/commit/36690f75e4773e40f5ab4e4ce4b956b650df62b5)]
 ### [1.30.0](https://github.com/eea/volto-eea-website-theme/compare/1.29.0...1.30.0) - 13 March 2024
 
 #### :rocket: New Features
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f4b1999..d0a52238 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eeacms/volto-eea-website-theme",
-  "version": "1.30.0",
+  "version": "1.31.0",
   "description": "@eeacms/volto-eea-website-theme: Volto add-on",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "author": "European Environment Agency: IDM2 A-Team",
diff --git a/src/customizations/volto/components/manage/Sidebar/ObjectBrowserBody.jsx b/src/customizations/volto/components/manage/Sidebar/ObjectBrowserBody.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fb93990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/customizations/volto/components/manage/Sidebar/ObjectBrowserBody.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,511 @@
+/* this customization is used to put default alt as the rights field
+ */
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { compose } from 'redux';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { defineMessages, FormattedMessage, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
+import { Input, Segment, Breadcrumb } from 'semantic-ui-react';
+
+import { join } from 'lodash';
+
+// These absolute imports (without using the corresponding centralized index.js) are required
+// to cut circular import problems, this file should never use them. This is because of
+// the very nature of the functionality of the component and its relationship with others
+import { searchContent } from '@plone/volto/actions/search/search';
+import Icon from '@plone/volto/components/theme/Icon/Icon';
+import { flattenToAppURL, isInternalURL } from '@plone/volto/helpers/Url/Url';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
+
+import backSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/back.svg';
+import folderSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/folder.svg';
+import clearSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/clear.svg';
+import searchSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/zoom.svg';
+import linkSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/link.svg';
+import homeSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/home.svg';
+
+import ObjectBrowserNav from '@plone/volto/components/manage/Sidebar/ObjectBrowserNav';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  SearchInputPlaceholder: {
+    id: 'Search content',
+    defaultMessage: 'Search content',
+  },
+  SelectedItems: {
+    id: 'Selected items',
+    defaultMessage: 'Selected items',
+  },
+  back: {
+    id: 'Back',
+    defaultMessage: 'Back',
+  },
+  search: {
+    id: 'Search SVG',
+    defaultMessage: 'Search SVG',
+  },
+  of: { id: 'Selected items - x of y', defaultMessage: 'of' },
+});
+
+function getParentURL(url) {
+  return flattenToAppURL(`${join(url.split('/').slice(0, -1), '/')}`) || '/';
+}
+
+/**
+ * ObjectBrowserBody container class.
+ * @class ObjectBrowserBody
+ * @extends Component
+ */
+class ObjectBrowserBody extends Component {
+  /**
+   * Property types.
+   * @property {Object} propTypes Property types.
+   * @static
+   */
+  static propTypes = {
+    block: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    mode: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    data: PropTypes.any.isRequired,
+    searchSubrequests: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.any).isRequired,
+    searchContent: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    closeObjectBrowser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onChangeBlock: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onSelectItem: PropTypes.func,
+    dataName: PropTypes.string,
+    maximumSelectionSize: PropTypes.number,
+    contextURL: PropTypes.string,
+    searchableTypes: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Default properties.
+   * @property {Object} defaultProps Default properties.
+   * @static
+   */
+  static defaultProps = {
+    image: '',
+    href: '',
+    onSelectItem: null,
+    dataName: null,
+    selectableTypes: [],
+    searchableTypes: null,
+    maximumSelectionSize: null,
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor
+   * @method constructor
+   * @param {Object} props Component properties
+   * @constructs WysiwygEditor
+   */
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      currentFolder:
+        this.props.mode === 'multiple' ? '/' : this.props.contextURL || '/',
+      currentImageFolder:
+        this.props.mode === 'multiple'
+          ? '/'
+          : this.props.mode === 'image' && this.props.data?.url
+          ? getParentURL(this.props.data.url)
+          : '/',
+      currentLinkFolder:
+        this.props.mode === 'multiple'
+          ? '/'
+          : this.props.mode === 'link' && this.props.data?.href
+          ? getParentURL(this.props.data.href)
+          : '/',
+      parentFolder: '',
+      selectedImage:
+        this.props.mode === 'multiple'
+          ? ''
+          : this.props.mode === 'image' && this.props.data?.url
+          ? flattenToAppURL(this.props.data.url)
+          : '',
+      selectedHref:
+        this.props.mode === 'multiple'
+          ? ''
+          : this.props.mode === 'link' && this.props.data?.href
+          ? flattenToAppURL(this.props.data.href)
+          : '',
+      showSearchInput: false,
+      // In image mode, the searchable types default to the image types which
+      // can be overridden with the property if specified.
+      searchableTypes:
+        this.props.mode === 'image'
+          ? this.props.searchableTypes || config.settings.imageObjects
+          : this.props.searchableTypes,
+    };
+    this.searchInputRef = React.createRef();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Component did mount
+   * @method componentDidMount
+   * @returns {undefined}
+   */
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.initialSearch(this.props.mode);
+  }
+
+  initialSearch = (mode) => {
+    const currentSelected =
+      mode === 'multiple'
+        ? ''
+        : mode === 'image'
+        ? this.state.selectedImage
+        : this.state.selectedHref;
+    if (currentSelected && isInternalURL(currentSelected)) {
+      this.props.searchContent(
+        getParentURL(currentSelected),
+        {
+          'path.depth': 1,
+          sort_on: 'getObjPositionInParent',
+          metadata_fields: '_all',
+          b_size: 1000,
+        },
+        `${this.props.block}-${mode}`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      this.props.searchContent(
+        this.state.currentFolder,
+        {
+          'path.depth': 1,
+          sort_on: 'getObjPositionInParent',
+          metadata_fields: '_all',
+          b_size: 1000,
+        },
+        `${this.props.block}-${mode}`,
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
+  navigateTo = (id) => {
+    this.props.searchContent(
+      id,
+      {
+        'path.depth': 1,
+        sort_on: 'getObjPositionInParent',
+        metadata_fields: '_all',
+        b_size: 1000,
+      },
+      `${this.props.block}-${this.props.mode}`,
+    );
+    const parent = `${join(id.split('/').slice(0, -1), '/')}` || '/';
+    this.setState(() => ({
+      parentFolder: parent,
+      currentFolder: id || '/',
+    }));
+  };
+
+  toggleSearchInput = () =>
+    this.setState(
+      (prevState) => ({
+        showSearchInput: !prevState.showSearchInput,
+      }),
+      () => {
+        if (this.searchInputRef?.current) this.searchInputRef.current.focus();
+      },
+    );
+
+  onSearch = (e) => {
+    const text = flattenToAppURL(e.target.value);
+    if (text.startsWith('/')) {
+      this.setState({ currentFolder: text });
+      this.props.searchContent(
+        text,
+        {
+          'path.depth': 1,
+          sort_on: 'getObjPositionInParent',
+          metadata_fields: '_all',
+          portal_type: this.state.searchableTypes,
+        },
+        `${this.props.block}-${this.props.mode}`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      text.length > 2
+        ? this.props.searchContent(
+            '/',
+            {
+              SearchableText: `${text}*`,
+              metadata_fields: '_all',
+              portal_type: this.state.searchableTypes,
+            },
+            `${this.props.block}-${this.props.mode}`,
+          )
+        : this.props.searchContent(
+            '/',
+            {
+              'path.depth': 1,
+              sort_on: 'getObjPositionInParent',
+              metadata_fields: '_all',
+              portal_type: this.state.searchableTypes,
+            },
+            `${this.props.block}-${this.props.mode}`,
+          );
+    }
+  };
+
+  onSelectItem = (item) => {
+    const url = item['@id'];
+    const { block, data, mode, dataName, onChangeBlock } = this.props;
+
+    const updateState = (mode) => {
+      switch (mode) {
+        case 'image':
+          this.setState({
+            selectedImage: url,
+            currentImageFolder: getParentURL(url),
+          });
+          break;
+        case 'link':
+          this.setState({
+            selectedHref: url,
+            currentLinkFolder: getParentURL(url),
+          });
+          break;
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (dataName) {
+      onChangeBlock(block, {
+        ...data,
+        [dataName]: url,
+      });
+    } else if (this.props.onSelectItem) {
+      this.props.onSelectItem(url, item);
+    } else if (mode === 'image') {
+      onChangeBlock(block, {
+        ...data,
+        url: flattenToAppURL(item.getURL),
+        alt: item.title || item.description || '',
+        copyright: item.rights || '',
+      });
+    } else if (mode === 'link') {
+      onChangeBlock(block, {
+        ...data,
+        href: flattenToAppURL(url),
+      });
+    }
+    updateState(mode);
+  };
+
+  onChangeBlockData = (key, value) => {
+    this.props.onChangeBlock(this.props.block, {
+      ...this.props.data,
+      [key]: value,
+    });
+  };
+
+  isSelectable = (item) => {
+    return this.props.selectableTypes.length > 0
+      ? this.props.selectableTypes.indexOf(item['@type']) >= 0
+      : true;
+  };
+
+  handleClickOnItem = (item) => {
+    if (this.props.mode === 'image') {
+      if (item.is_folderish) {
+        this.navigateTo(item['@id']);
+      }
+      if (config.settings.imageObjects.includes(item['@type'])) {
+        this.onSelectItem(item);
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (this.isSelectable(item)) {
+        if (
+          !this.props.maximumSelectionSize ||
+          this.props.mode === 'multiple' ||
+          !this.props.data ||
+          this.props.data.length < this.props.maximumSelectionSize
+        ) {
+          this.onSelectItem(item);
+          let length = this.props.data ? this.props.data.length : 0;
+
+          let stopSelecting =
+            this.props.mode !== 'multiple' ||
+            (this.props.maximumSelectionSize > 0 &&
+              length + 1 >= this.props.maximumSelectionSize);
+
+          if (stopSelecting) {
+            this.props.closeObjectBrowser();
+          }
+        } else {
+          this.props.closeObjectBrowser();
+        }
+      } else {
+        this.navigateTo(item['@id']);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  handleDoubleClickOnItem = (item) => {
+    if (this.props.mode === 'image') {
+      if (item.is_folderish) {
+        this.navigateTo(item['@id']);
+      }
+      if (config.settings.imageObjects.includes(item['@type'])) {
+        this.onSelectItem(item);
+        this.props.closeObjectBrowser();
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (this.isSelectable(item)) {
+        if (this.props.data.length < this.props.maximumSelectionSize) {
+          this.onSelectItem(item);
+        }
+        this.props.closeObjectBrowser();
+      } else {
+        this.navigateTo(item['@id']);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Render method.
+   * @method render
+   * @returns {string} Markup for the component.
+   */
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Segment.Group raised>
+        <header className="header pulled">
+          <div className="vertical divider" />
+          {this.state.currentFolder === '/' ? (
+            <>
+              {this.props.mode === 'image' ? (
+                <Icon name={folderSVG} size="24px" />
+              ) : (
+                <Icon name={linkSVG} size="24px" />
+              )}
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <button
+              aria-label={this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.back)}
+              onClick={() => this.navigateTo(this.state.parentFolder)}
+            >
+              <Icon name={backSVG} size="24px" />
+            </button>
+          )}
+          {this.state.showSearchInput ? (
+            <Input
+              className="search"
+              ref={this.searchInputRef}
+              onChange={this.onSearch}
+              placeholder={this.props.intl.formatMessage(
+                messages.SearchInputPlaceholder,
+              )}
+            />
+          ) : this.props.mode === 'image' ? (
+            <h2>
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="Choose Image"
+                defaultMessage="Choose Image"
+              />
+            </h2>
+          ) : (
+            <h2>
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="Choose Target"
+                defaultMessage="Choose Target"
+              />
+            </h2>
+          )}
+
+          <button
+            aria-label={this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.search)}
+            onClick={this.toggleSearchInput}
+          >
+            <Icon name={searchSVG} size="24px" />
+          </button>
+          <button className="clearSVG" onClick={this.props.closeObjectBrowser}>
+            <Icon name={clearSVG} size="24px" />
+          </button>
+        </header>
+        <Segment secondary className="breadcrumbs" vertical>
+          <Breadcrumb>
+            {this.state.currentFolder !== '/' ? (
+              this.state.currentFolder.split('/').map((item, index, items) => {
+                return (
+                  <React.Fragment key={`divider-${item}-${index}`}>
+                    {index === 0 ? (
+                      <Breadcrumb.Section onClick={() => this.navigateTo('/')}>
+                        <Icon
+                          className="home-icon"
+                          name={homeSVG}
+                          size="18px"
+                        />
+                      </Breadcrumb.Section>
+                    ) : (
+                      <>
+                        <Breadcrumb.Divider key={`divider-${item.url}`} />
+                        <Breadcrumb.Section
+                          onClick={() =>
+                            this.navigateTo(items.slice(0, index + 1).join('/'))
+                          }
+                        >
+                          {item}
+                        </Breadcrumb.Section>
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </React.Fragment>
+                );
+              })
+            ) : (
+              <Breadcrumb.Section onClick={() => this.navigateTo('/')}>
+                <Icon className="home-icon" name={homeSVG} size="18px" />
+              </Breadcrumb.Section>
+            )}
+          </Breadcrumb>
+        </Segment>
+        {this.props.mode === 'multiple' && (
+          <Segment className="infos">
+            {this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.SelectedItems)}:{' '}
+            {this.props.data?.length}
+            {this.props.maximumSelectionSize > 0 && (
+              <>
+                {' '}
+                {this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.of)}{' '}
+                {this.props.maximumSelectionSize}
+              </>
+            )}
+          </Segment>
+        )}
+        <ObjectBrowserNav
+          currentSearchResults={
+            this.props.searchSubrequests[
+              `${this.props.block}-${this.props.mode}`
+            ]
+          }
+          selected={
+            this.props.mode === 'multiple'
+              ? this.props.data
+              : [
+                  {
+                    '@id':
+                      this.props.mode === 'image'
+                        ? this.state.selectedImage
+                        : this.state.selectedHref,
+                  },
+                ]
+          }
+          handleClickOnItem={this.handleClickOnItem}
+          handleDoubleClickOnItem={this.handleDoubleClickOnItem}
+          mode={this.props.mode}
+          navigateTo={this.navigateTo}
+          isSelectable={this.isSelectable}
+        />
+      </Segment.Group>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default compose(
+  injectIntl,
+  connect(
+    (state) => ({
+      searchSubrequests: state.search.subrequests,
+    }),
+    { searchContent },
+  ),
+)(ObjectBrowserBody);