Need help IE vs Opera!

Alt tag in Opera?

[asterix76]

Hello, i have a problem. I have a picture on my Website. If i move with the mouse over the image, a small desccription is shown due to the alt-tag.<alt="description"> This happens with the IE,

but if i use the Opera, the description is replaced by the url of the image.

And the question now; How can I change this?

THX for the answers, asterix76

[tedster]

Try using the title attribute. IE's behavior is not what the W3C recommends for alt atributes, so you don't see it on other browsers.

[BlobFisk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, asterix76!

The compliant (cross browser) attribute that you need to use it title. This will give you the behaviour that you are looking for!

HTH

[MatthewHSE]

The alternate text is meant to describe the image in cases where the image itself doesn't display. The title serves a slightly different purpose, sort of a caption to the image or providing supplementary information. I generally use both; the alt attribute for accessibility and the title attribute for the tooltips.