I feel sort of silly asking this

[mtorbin]

but I've noticed today that my ALT tags don't work. They are coded properly, I've never had a problem with them in the past eight years I've been doing this.

so, I checked around and I found other sites where ALT tags weren't working.

Was something changed in the latest spec of HTML and I wasn't paying attention? Please advise.

- MT

Matt Torbin
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[warby1212]

except for the photo of the catalouges I got text popping up on yuor images on your home page


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[ChrisHirst]

depends on what browser you are now using.
Only IE shows alt attributes as popup text all the time (incorrectly)

Other browser behave correctly and only show alt attributes when images are turned off.

<pedantic> alt attributes, not tags </pedantic>

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[chessbot]

To display the alt text as displayed in IE, use the title attribute (e.g. "<img src="img.jpg" alt="This will not be shown" title="This will be shown">")

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[mtorbin]

Dude, you guys rock. Thank you. OK, so I'm using the title attribute instead. Man does that explain a lot. What version of HTML was the title attribute supported? I don't remember reading about it in 4.0, but then again, that was a long time ago.

Thanks, and as far as our "home page"... LOL, let's just say that was the designer before me. My version is coming soon.

If you're hungry to tear into something, you can check out my personal home page at

http://www.mobilemactech.com

- MT

Matt Torbin
Web and Graphic Arts Engineer
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[dkdude]

Here's my two cents...

It really is browser dependant - here's a quote on IMG tags from w3schools.com (a nifty online reference a frequently visit) :

Mozilla Firefox and the alt Attribute

If you use the alt attribute in Firefox on images and image maps the text will not show on mouse-over as in other browsers.

Firefox uses the alt attribute the way it's meant to be used, like an alternative text if the image won't load, not as a mouse-over text.

Firefox does support mouse-over comments on images or image maps if you use a title attribute in the <img> tag.

Quoted from

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp

And to quote W3C on the same topic ...

Values of the title attribute may be rendered by user agents in a variety of ways. For instance, visual browsers frequently display the title as a "tool tip" (a short message that appears when the pointing device pauses over an object). Audio user agents may speak the title information in a similar context. For example, setting the attribute on a link allows user agents (visual and non-visual) to tell users about the nature of the linked resource.

Quoted from

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

And, as you can see, this dates back to HTML 4.0

Regards


Jakob

 

[dkdude]

... by the way - there is no such thing as a silly question at tek-tips

Another TIP : A good companion to this forum is forum215 "HTML, XHTML & CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)" in case you need to search/ask about HTML

Best Regards


Jakob

 

[mtorbin]

Thanks again guys. I am trying out the title attribute now.

You know, it's funny... I spent many years coding by hand and you'd think that after all that time, I would have remembered this. Ugh, back to the books for a refresher course.

Thanks again!

- MT

Matt Torbin
Web and Graphic Arts Engineer
PEI-Genesis

http://www.peigenesis.com

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direct email: mtorbin_at_earthlink.net