- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:53:59 -0500
- To: "Charles (Chuck) Oppermann" <chuckop@microsoft.com>
- CC: Wendy A Chisholm <chisholm@trace.wisc.edu>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Charles (Chuck) Oppermann wrote:
>
> I agree. There needs to be a CSS attribute to control the rendering of the
> ALT and TITLE attributes. Possible values would be: TOOLTIP or NONE. That
> way, the author can control the visual appearance, and if required, the user
> can override it.
You can control the rendering of the "alt" and "title" attributes
with CSS2:
a) Get the value of the attribute with an attribute selector
b) Use :before or :after to insert the text (whose style can
be specified) before or after the element's content.
This is, of course, different from the current tooltip mechanism
which does not involve/change the document's rendering at all.
With relative positioning, the 'visibility' property, and scripts,
you can even simulate a tooltip effect.
- Ian
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Received on Wednesday, 13 January 1999 13:55:26 UTC