RE: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 15:06

> That's because they use the alt/title attributes *properly*.
> It is not
> meant to be hover popup text. The title attribute is more of a
> descriptive text used to replace images that cannot be shown,
> while the
> alt attribute is used for accessibility issues.
>
> Em

Sorry, but that's not quite right.

The alt text is used when the image cannot be displayed.
(alt stands for alternative)

the title can be applied to many elements and is used in most browsers
as a tooltip, but it most definitely isn't for when the image can't be
shown.

check the W3C:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/objects.html#h-13.8

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#adef-title