Thanks for the reply. Title works fine and will use it from now on. R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Heilmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] adding an alt tag to a div?
>> Is there any way to get the alt tooltip effect on a div. Add a >> transparent gif or something? >> >> <div style="float:left; width:100px; height: 30px; text-align:center; >> padding-top: 10px; margin-left: 50px"> >> Module Ten </div> > > Please Please Please Please there is no ALT Tag! > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200412/the_alt_and_title_attributes/ > > Furthermore, MSIE displaying the alt _attribute_ as a tooltip is > actually counterproductive, as it does lead people to writing > alternative text that is not an alternative but extra information. > > Why would you need alternative text for a textual element? If you got > something to say, say it. > > You can add a title attribute to almost any element which will be > rendered as a tooltip by most browsers. > > There are also "pure CSS tooltips":http://psacake.com/web/jl.asp and a > plethora of "beautiful titles" JavaScripts: > http://kryogenix.org/code/browser/nicetitle/ > http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/container/tooltip/ > http://www.dustindiaz.com/basement/sweet-titles/ > > All of this only very marginally has to do with CSS, by the way... > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
