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Vijchtidoodah
March 6, 2005, 9:03 am
Is there a way, using forum code, to add alternate text to images?

Milkman Dan
March 6, 2005, 9:09 am
no... wait what do you mean alternate text? like as in places the text on top, or like a descrition when you hover over the text?

mar77a
March 6, 2005, 1:05 pm
yeah, <img alt= src=> would be cool...

Aquarius
March 6, 2005, 5:55 pm
If you want this for tooltips, you should use the title attribute not alt.

The purpose of alt is to show an alternative of the image, when images are not displayed. Not all major browsers render alt as a tooltip, because it's not the purpose. But they render it in place of the images, when images are turned off for example.

For additional information about the image, which may be rendered in many ways, the title attribute should be used. All major browsers render title as a tooltip.

Of course alt shoud also be defined - for text browsers, situations when images are turned off, etc.

MercyM
March 6, 2005, 7:34 pm
Uhhh... What do you mean with alternate text? I don't get it. O.o

Vijchtidoodah
March 6, 2005, 8:27 pm
Ahh, thank you aquarius.

I'm talking about those little tooltip kind of things that pop up when you hover over an image. It would be great for tutorials and the like.

FliesLikeABrick
March 6, 2005, 8:47 pm
but to answer the question, no this isnt supported on the forums