george Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The alt attibute in an image tag works great. It would be great if I could have an "alt" attribute for a button, or a cell in a table. I know I can capture an onmouseover event with either of these, but then how do I display a message? No alert box for this, I need a message to be like a hint or alt message. I don't want to have to write a routine to display a hidden message on rollover, because the alt and the hint already do that. In standard javascript is there a hint attibute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I think you may be looking for the "title" attribute. <button title="Click me to alert something!" onclick="alert('something');">Click Me!</button> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks Jesh, that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesdisciple Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The title is actually the standard way to do what you want for all elements; alt is for when an image can't be displayed (i.e. because it wasn't found or the medium doesn't support images - like Braille or voice readers) and you need to describe it to the user. If an image doesn't have a title, it will default to its alt attribute instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The title is actually the standard way to do what you want for all elements; alt is for when an image can't be displayed (i.e. because it wasn't found or the medium doesn't support images - like Braille or voice readers) and you need to describe it to the user. If an image doesn't have a title, it will default to its alt attribute instead.If an image doesn't have a title attribute it shouldn't show anything in the tooltip. Internet Explorer is the only browser that displays a tooltip using the alt attribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesdisciple Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 LOL, woops. I guess I haven't tested that since I started using Firefox. My Webmastering teacher always used alt as title, but then I heard about title and assumed that he was halfway correct. (That's the same teacher that told everyone to use tables for layout, lol...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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