TheConeHead
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I am used to just designing for IE, what is the equiv. of an alt attribute for an image tag in netscape?
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ChrisHirst
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errm? alt
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TheConeHead
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no - I found it (actually searched the archives - imagine that!) what I need is "title"
The syntax is the same. See
The difference is in how each browser impliments the alt. In IE it shows up like a "tooltip" over the image when you hover over it. BUT in any Netscape-esque browser it will only show up if images are turned off, or if the image doesn't acutally exist on the server or if there is an error. It also will work if someone is surfing your page with software that reads the page to them. Your alt tag will be read as a description in lieu of the user actually seeing the image.
Hope that helps.
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<img src="img1.jpg" alt="Stuff about my image" />The difference is in how each browser impliments the alt. In IE it shows up like a "tooltip" over the image when you hover over it. BUT in any Netscape-esque browser it will only show up if images are turned off, or if the image doesn't acutally exist on the server or if there is an error. It also will work if someone is surfing your page with software that reads the page to them. Your alt tag will be read as a description in lieu of the user actually seeing the image.
Hope that helps.
ChrisHirst
IS-IT--Management
these are html attributes not browser specifics. "alt" is "alt", "title" is "title"
maybe you are being confused by the fact that IE (incorrectly) shows alt attributes as a pop-up titles
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maybe you are being confused by the fact that IE (incorrectly) shows alt attributes as a pop-up titles
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