Re: Alt effect for text links

by David Voth <davidvoth(at)shaw.ca>

Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:47:20 -0700
To:	Keith D Sellars <keith(at)webgraffix.com>, hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
References:	gatewaysystem
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This can be done with HTML: in the link add the "title" attribute, ie 
<a href="contact.html" title="Links to Contact Page">contact</a>. The 
title attribute can also be used in other places such as with images 
to have text appear when a person moves the mouse over the image

David

At 11:23 PM -0400 18/6/03, Keith D Sellars wrote:
>How do I create alternate text for links?  What I am trying to do is
>duplicate the effect of an "alt" tag for an image, but do it for text links.
>I want a popup description of the link to appear when a user mouses over the
>text link.  I've seen this done and thought I had done it myself before, but
>cannot duplicate it.
>
>Anyone have some suggestions?  I wanted to do it without using javascript if
>possible, but will go that route if needed.  I was thinking some type of
>mouseover effect or something would work, but am not sure...
>
>Thanks,
>Keith D Sellars
>WebGraffix
>www.webgraffix.com
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