Re: alt tags in image maps

Hi Jason!

I stand corrected. You are absolutely right. I've been doing lots of
JavaScript practice, and "name" was stuck in my head, I guess. :] Thanks
for the heads-up!

Mike

At 08:29 AM 4/28/00 PDT, jason p wrote:
>i believe in IE, if you want an "alt"-like text to appear on A HREFs, you 
>have to use title="".
>
>
>>From: Michael Jon Muehlendorf <haoka(at)wi.tds.net>
>>To: "Rayne Alburquerque" <rayneal(at)home.com>, "HGW-Basics" 
>><hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
>>Subject: Re: alt tags in image maps
>>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:18:03 -0500
>>
>>Hi Rayne!
>>
>>I'm not certain about this, but the "alt" attribute for images applies to
>>img src's. I believe what you need inside an "a href" is the "name"
>>attribute. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure.  :))
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>At 09:36 PM 4/27/00 -0500, Rayne Alburquerque wrote:
>> >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/.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Rayne
>> >
>> >
>
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