trival? Alter duration of ALT display for IMGs

[Roy Gardiner]

My apologies if this is an RTFM problem; my FM isn't helping me :confused:.

I'd like to be able to make the ALT text display until the cursor is moved off the image, rather than having it display for a limited few seconds.

All help appreciated.

[PhotoJoe47]

First the alt attribute should not be used for tool tip feature. Use the title attribute instead. I think only IE will still display the alt attribute as a tool tip. The alt attribute is suppose to be used by page readers for the visually impaired.

Next I don't think you can control the the time of display for the tool tip, but I may be wrong. But you can create your own tool tip function using the onmouseover / onmouseoff events.

If you do a google of "javascript tooltip" (include the quotes) you will find sources for getting pre-built tooltip functions.

[jkd]

This might be a good start to work from:
http://www.brothercake.com/site/resources/scripts/tooltips/

[Roy Gardiner]

Thank you for your help, much appreciated.