Can you have an 'alt' name for href's like for img's?

[newphpbie]

Lol, the subject isn't exactly great I know, but I tried to be as descriptive as possible.

You know for ...

<img src=&quot;yourpic.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A Nice Picture&quot;>

you can use 'alt' to make a string appear when the user holds the mouse over it....

It is possible to do the same thing for href's??

If so, how?

Something like...

<a href=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]www.whatever.com&quot;[/URL] alt=&quot;This will take you to Whatever.com&quot;><?a>

??

 

[Veep]

I don't think that alt works. You can use Title="This will take you to whereEver.com" though and it will work.

 

[straybullet]

Ive been able to use alt with image map links as well as regular links. Comes up as a "tool tip" if they hover over it long enough.

 

[Vragabond]

straybullet, that however is the incorrect behaviour of the IE browser. As Veep stated, nearly every tag can have a title attribute which will appear as a tooltip. In images as well, the alt attribute serves a purpose of displaying the specified text when the image was not loaded and title appears as tooltip. Mozilla for instance does not show alt as tooltip.

<img alt=&quot;Picture of me and my dog&quot; title=&quot;I am the one on the left&quot; src=&quot;meanddog.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; />

<a href=&quot;

http://www.google.com&quot;

title=&quot;Click here to search the web&quot;>Search</a>

 

[ChrisHirst]

title is the correct attribute to use for all visible HTML entities, although IE shows the alt attribute as a 'tooltip' as well.


Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[newphpbie]

Thanks for all your help guys.

Much appriciated.