Re: title attributes on links

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Ramón Corominas wrote:

> >> - If this rule applies to any element except images, why are
> >> images an exception?
> >
> > As I explained previously alt has a distinct semantic. Thus
> > authoring conformance requirements differ.
>
> Ok, title conveys the accessible name for any element except for images
> that are not inputs because there is another attribute for that purpose.
> There is also an alt attribute for <input type="image" />, but in this case
> you can use title to convey the accessible name, because... [fill in the
> blank]
>
> Beware: title is not a replacement for alt in <input type="image" />
Without alt you will get the generic browser "Submit Query" being displayed
(in Firefox).

Harry