- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:39:13 -0700
- To: "Mike Scott" <mscott@msfw.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 2:12 PM -0500 2001/6/28, Mike Scott wrote: >One fairly minor issue with alt=" " (space) is that visual browsers will >show the space character as a "tool tip" (small yellow box with nothing in >it) when te mouse is hovered over the image, which is not a big deal, but >slightly annoying. It would seem like alt="" (null) would be the most >appropriate to represent null content. In some browsers you may be able to get around this by setting a TITLE on either the image, or the link that encloses the image. This should (or maybe I mean quote "should" quote) be used by browsers as a tooltip if it exists, and not the ALT attribute. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network Tel +1 949-567-7006 ________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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