Re: Re: Monk images at the top of the page (it's an attribute, not a tag)

IE handles the ALT and TITLE attributes more sensibly than you might think.

It displays the ALT text (if available) when you hover your mouse over it only if there isn't a TITLE attribute defined (even an empty one).

Try this code:-

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Image Attribute Test</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt" TITLE=""><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif">
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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It helps if img.gif doesn't exist as it makes it more obvious what happens with the ALT text.

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Re: Re: Re: Monk images at the top of the page (it's an attribute, not a tag) by castaway (Parson) on Jan 24, 2003 at 10:06 UTC
Its debateable if 'sensible' and 'according to standard' are interchangeable, in my opinion, if it was good, it would be like that in the standard anyway. ;) As far as I understand it, the ALT text should be shown in the page where the image would be, if it was there/shown. And the TITLE tag is for the mouse. Anyfish, thanks for the positive feedback, waits to see what happens C.	[reply]