Posted by Mark Parnell on 05/26/05 09:35

Previously in alt.html, Cogito <nospam@nospam.nospam> said:

> Ok, I tried the alt= attribute and found that it does exactly what I
> have asked in a previous question. Yesterday I asked how could I get a
> small text window show up when hovering over a graphic? The answer I
> received was to use title="text".

And that answer is correct.

> It seems that when I have both, the alt= takes precedence.

In what browser? None that I know of. If only alt is present, IE will
mistakenly show it as a tooltip, but if both alt and title are present,
it will use the title as the tooltip instead. Other browsers will
(correctly) only show the title as a tooltip.

> So which one shell I use?

Use them both, as appropriate. The alt attribute provides a textual
*replacement* for the image, for instances where the image is not/cannot
be displayed. It is mandatory. The title attribute gives additional
information, often displayed as a tooltip. It is optional. The title
attribute can also be used on numerous other elements, not just img.

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