Re: alt tags in image maps

Rayne, I saw them in IE 5.01 and saw the pop-ups. This is how the
story goes...

You use the <img> with the "ALT" attribute and the whole of the image
gets assigned that "alternative" text which the graphical browsers
display as a pop-up whenever your mouse moves over it.

Then, you take part of the image and then <map> it up, defining
certain regions, which upon being clicked, shall load up various
pages. NOW when you are using the "ALT" attribute, you are not doing
so for the <img> tag, but for the <a> tag. Text based browsers will
pick up this text and display the menu. The graphical browsers will,
again, pick up this text and display it as a pop-up. The thing to note
is that since it is now a <a> attribute, it shall ONLY be displayed
where <a> is applicable, and that is, in this case, the region you
define in the <map>.

So, when you move your mouse around on the image, wherever there is
not a region mapped to a <a>, you will see the "ALT" of the <img> and
wherever it is mapped to a <a>, you will see the "ALT" of that
particular <a> tag.

Suggestion: why don't you slice up the images?

[abhay]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rayne Alburquerque <rayneal(at)home.com>
Subject: alt tags in image maps


> I have a question. How is text represented in the links of an
> image map. I used the regular alt attribute for each link in
> my image map, but the only text that shows up is is the main
> image text.
>
> Can anyone explain this? Where I am talking about is:
> http://www.raynebair.com/chiquita/.

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