RE: additional text in anchor tags

Hi Jim,
Carole is correct, "alt" is not valid for Anchors. "title" is the way to go.
"name" and "id" are generally used for programmatic or machine readable uses
not for display to the user. finding the which tags and attributes are
supported by assistive technology, let alone browsers, is like trying to
find which CSS selectors and declarations are supported and work
consistently in browsers.

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-aware-techniques(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-aware-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Carole Anne Gay
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:55 PM
To: aware-techniques(at)hwg.org; Jim Coffield
Subject: Re: additional text in anchor tags


Hi Jim,

The alt attribute is not valid with the Anchor element, so cannot be used
for this purpose.

Consider using the 'name' or 'id' attribute in its stead.  Note that both
share the same name space, so only one or the
other can be used for each unique anchor.

Hope this helps,

Carole



4/15/02 2:19:30 PM, Jim Coffield <coffield(at)cet.edu> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am new to this list so the question may have already been addressed.
>Although it does not appear to be required, there are times when it is
>useful to put additional information in the anchor tag for a text link. I
>have seen this done using the 'title' attribute within the anchor tag.
>Since the title attribute is not fully supported by some assistive
>technology, can the 'alt' attribute be used instead? Will text-readers,
>etc. recognize the 'alt' attribute when used within an anchor tag?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim
>
>James E. Coffield, Ph. D.
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>
>
Carole Gay

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