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Jay [an imaginative mind] (envisioning) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2011-11-14 12:47:00

I feel like this might be a question with an obvious answer, but I can't for the life of me remember how to do this.

How is it that you make text show up when your cursor hovers over an image? Like on some cast pages when you hover over a picture and a little text box shows up with the name of the character. I can't remember the code to do this, so I was hoping someone could help me out.

Thanks in advance!

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	droa 2011-11-14 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	In the img src tag, you'll want to include the attribute of alt="whatever you'd like the mouseover text to say". (Reply to this)

	blockquote 2011-11-14 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	I find that <img src="URL" title="TEXT"> minus the stars is usually more browser compatible! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	droa 2011-11-14 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	So do I, actually. And yet every resource I've meandered through kind of understates TITLE importance; when it comes to mouseover text, ALT still seems to reign supreme in all the interwebby archives. Have you run into the same thing? (And as an aside, your journal name is fantastic.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blockquote 2011-11-14 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	I have, actually. And when I find myself imagemapping via PSP, they use ALT as the default mouseover text and my browser doesn't even register that! I use TITLE and save myself the the hassle though I guess if you wanted to be thorough you could just include both! AHAHA thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	droa 2011-11-14 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	Do you predominantly use Chrome, then, or Mozilla? I don't do much HTML these days, but you're spot-on for us vaguely neurotic types -- I totally use ALT and TITLE, because when W3 can't give you a straight answer, you may as well just resort to stupid levels of thoroughness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blockquote 2011-11-14 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Chrome, I'm afraid. I have compatibility issues between the two browsers that I'm only discovering now. Like something I code in Chrome will look completely horrendous in Firefox and I am now learning how to double check between the two! HAHA Yes, sometimes I just use both just in case. I do believe IE doesn't register the TITLE tag, but I'm not certain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	erin 2011-11-14 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	IE blows anyway, who still uses that dinosaur. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theansweris42 2011-11-17 12:11 am UTC (link)
	You'd be shockingly surprised. :T (Reply to this) (Parent)