Re: alt tags on useless graphics

On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 16:11:29 -0400 "Mike Burks"
<mburks952(at)worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Paul,
>here is a suggestion.  When you alt tag something like a horizontal
rule.
>Use an alt tag that describes the function rather than the graphic.  For
>example if that Horizontal Rule is used for a section break, say section
>break.  Btw in html 4.0 you can I believe put an alt tag on <hr
alt="section break">  If I am wrong please tell me <grin>.
>So, sometimes the alt tag describes a function, rather than the graphic
itself.
>Hope this helps,
>Mike Burks

It's not that you're wrong, it's that you're not quite right!  ;-)  The
TITLE attribute should be used in this case:

<HR TITLE="Section Break">

This attribute can be used for pretty much EVERY element.  In IE4, (the
only browser supporting this attribute) when the mouse is over the object
(in this case, a horizontal rule) a tooltip will appear, containing the
value of the TITLE attribute.  HTH!  ;-)

PS: ALT is only valid in the following elements: OBJECT, IMG, and AREA,
and APPLET (deprecated).  In all other cases, you should use TITLE,
although is is OK to use TITLE in the four elements I mentioned as well.

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