Using ALT tag but hiding tool tip

[Gordon2004]

Hey all,

Is there any way to use an ALT tag on my images (so my code is XHTML compliant) but not have that anoying tool tip pop up?

Thanks for your help, and I'm loving this site and the friendly people in it.

[tedster]

alt=""

[R1chard]

Theoretically, the ALT should not display a tooltip. Alt text is an alternative for when the image is not displayed.

To get a tooltip, use the TITLE attribute.

Displaying ALT as tooltip text is a browser quirk of IE and version 4 browsers. Mozilla and newer browsers handle this properly, but I don't think it can be turned off in IE! So keep with the full alt text (as you should) and just let your visitors get annoyed.

[Gordon2004]

Stupid IE!

Thanks Richard

[Raymond83]

This should do the trick:

<img src="URL" alt="this is a picture" title="">

[Gordon2004]

Perfect!

Thanks Raymond!