Alt Tag Formatting

[mhamilton3]

Is there a way to format the text in an Alt Tag. My simple experiments tell me no, but I figure it could not hurt to ask if anyone else has tried this. Thanks.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

It's just text. That's all it's supposed to be. If you want something fancy to pop up when your mouseover a button, use a bit of JavaScript to open a new window which can then contain anything you want. But the ALT tag -- that's essentially, and by design, sacrosanct.

Blind people prefer it that way and I tend to defer to them vis-a-vis ALT tags, as that's all their browser can "see".

Cheers,
Edward

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[HellTel]

I did write an alternative (pun!) alt text using layers that follow the mouse, but I don't think you can change the original alt text itself. If you want the code for mine, post back and I'll post it here. Hope I helped / Thanks for helping
if ((Math.abs(x)<10&&Math.abs<10) && (((parseInt(Math.abs(x).toString()+Math.abs.toString())-Math.abs(x)-Math.abs)%9)!=0)) {alert(&quot;I'm a monkey's uncle&quot;}

 

[mhamilton3]

Thank you both, I didn't think there was a way to use the Alt Tags with formatting, but I had to try. Thanks again.

 

[Wullie]

About the only formatting you can get is deciding where the line breaks appear.

<img src=&quot;test.gif&quot; alt=&quot;This is line one
This is line two.&quot;>

Hope this helps Wullie

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