[TAG] [Fwd: Re: Linux Gazette article in issue 103]

[Ashwin N]

Jimmy O'Regan <jimregan at o2.ie> wrote:

> I believe it was taken out since the correct HTML spec says the alt
> tag is only to be displayed if the browser can not display images. It
> is not supposed to be a "pop up" info. I couldn't find it, but I
> think there is some tag to display a pop up when the mouse hovers.

The "title" attribute in the "img" tag is shown as popup text by most
browsers when the mouse cursor is hovered over the image.

<img src="your_image.jpeg" title="This should show up when you hover your
mouse over this">


~ash
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