Sandra, The HTML recommendation doesn't _prohibit_ using the alt attribute value as the tooltip explicitly, and this is controllable by the developer for IE. If you don't want to see the tooltip in IE that is shown from the alt attribute value, use a null title attribute on the image. If you _do_ want to see the tooltip in Firefox, put the desired tooltip content into the title attribute (keeping it in the alt attribute for the image also).
AWK > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:56 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Alt tag > > To get a little pedantic, the alt attribute is not meant to > be a tooltip (although IE treats it that way. Its supposed > to provide an alternate description of the graphic for > assistive technology to read when a non sighted person can't > see the actual graphic. > > IE renders alt text as a tooltip. Firefox does not. Its not > something you have control over. > > > Sandra Clark > ============= > http://www.shayna.com > Training and Consulting in CSS and Accessibility Team Fusebox > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Alt tag > > Hi there > > > > I'm trying to get an Alt tag to appear with the main image > but having no luck? Any suggestions where I need to place > the Alt text etc? > > > > <img onmouseover="imgMain.src='photos/large/#rsGetDetails.pic1#';" > src="photos/thumbs/#rsGetDetails.pic1#" class="border" > name="thumbnail1" > border="0" width="50" height="50" alt="#rsGetDetails.pic1_alttext#" /> > > > > Basically I have a number of thumbnails where a person can > scroll over - I would just like to place an Alt tag with the > main image as well. > > > > The site can be viewed at > http://dev.cleverminds.com.au/cosmeticbeautydirectory > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > P > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279998 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
