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Re: ToolTips: bug or feature?

From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:04:34 +0100
Message-ID: <46AD0EF2.2000009@cfit.ie>
To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org 

> there ARE valid 
> reasons why @alt and @title should be exposed to the user 
> onMouseOver 

Maybe they could also be revealed onFocus (and not just by onMouseOver)
this would be good for keyboard navigators.

Davids suggested tooltip attribute ain't a bad idea. It would remove any
ambiguity for authors as in @tooltip="visual tooltip", @title="useful
for additional information for not visual users", @alt="alternate
textual description here".

Josh
Received on Sunday, 29 July 2007 22:05:20 GMT

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