Shouldn't the alt tag show something atleast?
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Thierry Koblentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> discuss.org] On Behalf Of Gunlaug Sørtun >> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:24 AM >> To: Majestic >> Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org >> Subject: Re: [css-d] ALT Attribute not showing up in IE >> >> Majestic wrote: >> > I'm having a rare instance whereas IE is not showing the attribute >> > for a ALT tag anyone know the solution? >> >> To clarify this case a bit for all responders: >> >> The case was presented to me - with link - hours before it ended up here >> on [css-d]. I couldn't solve it, but I've seen it before (somewhere, a >> long time ago) so I suggested the Original Poster should google for such >> cases. >> >> Facts about the "missing alt-attribute" in _this_ case: >> >> - It is *not* the 'alt-attribute' that's missing in IE - it's the >> *entire* image that is *not* visible. >> >> - Even the image's place-holder is missing in IE, so if one set a >> background-color on the image-element not even that color shows up in IE. > > Majestic just sent me the link. > As you say this has nothing to do with CSS, but for the record it is not an > IE bug either. > The page in question uses a script that parses the document, looking for png > images. Then it *replaces* these images with DIVs to which it applies a > filter to achieve transparency. > So there is no mistery, if no ALT text shows it is simply because there is > no IMG element in the markup. > >> - The image has a '.png' extension. Changing that extension to >> *anything* else, makes the image appear as it should in IE - with >> alt-attribute and all. (Rings a bell..?) > > Because the script ignores other extensions... > > > > -- > Regards, > Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
