Thanks all for the comments. I wondered what tooltip was all about but couldn't see anything to describe what it is or how to use it... but I probably didn't look in the correct place. I have to admit I wasn't aware of the difference between alt and title but glad to know that.
Take care, Anthony On Wednesday, 25 November 2020 at 19:42:17 UTC [email protected] wrote: > It's worth noting this isn't a TiddlyWiki thing, it's a general web thing. > The alt text is a replacement for the image when it's not available (thus > the word *alt*ernate), while the title text is a supplement to it > providing more information. People often get confused and use the wrong > one, partly because some browsers way back in the dark ages used to show > the alt text when you hovered over an image. > > More: https://blog.spotibo.com/difference-between-alt-text-and-title-text/ > > On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 1:13:16 PM UTC-6 Javier Rojas wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:35:25AM -0800, Anthony wrote: >> > So, I now have >> > >> > <$image source={{A!!structure_file}} alt={{A!!title}} /> >> > >> > which I expected to would give the title of Tiddler A when the mouse >> > hovered over the image (much as would occur with [img[description of >> > file|folder/file.png]]). However, I note that the alt text only appears >> if >> > the file is not found. >> > >> > Is this the expected behaviour and is it possible, using $image, to >> produce >> > the 'hover-over' text. >> >> I think you should use the `title` attribute, instead of `alt`, which, >> as you say, is the text shown when the image is not available. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d53258b1-7864-4cb2-b9dc-b8c67d388763n%40googlegroups.com.
