[thelist] Alt text in Netscape 6.x Windows not appearing

MRC webmaster at equilon-mrc.com
Thu Jan 10 15:17:39 CST 2002


Ben,

> I noticed that alt text doesn't show up in Netscape 6.x, both in Windows
> NT on machine at work (NS 6.2), and in Windows 98 on my machine at home
> (NS 6.1). Is there a setting somewhere I need to change?

    That behavior is by design. There is actually no requirement that alt
text should appear as a "tooltip" for images, but it has long been common
practice. If you would like Netscape 6 to pop up a tooltip, supply a title
attribute for your <img> element. Keep in mind, however, that the two
attributes have slightly different purposes: the alt text to provide an
alternative description of the image for those browsing without image
support, and the title text to provide instruction or additional
information.

James Aylard





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