Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 65851 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2007 23:05:29 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Jan 2007 23:05:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 60419 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jan 2007 23:05:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 60210 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jan 2007 23:05:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: Delivered-To: mailing list derby-dev@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 60201 invoked by uid 99); 16 Jan 2007 23:05:35 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:05:35 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: domain of jta@bristowhill.com designates 66.75.162.133 as permitted sender) Received: from [66.75.162.133] (HELO ms-smtp-01.socal.rr.com) (66.75.162.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:05:24 -0800 Received: from [192.168.15.53] (cpe-24-25-218-26.san.res.rr.com [24.25.218.26]) by ms-smtp-01.socal.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0GN52sP005947 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:05:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45AD5A1E.2000902@bristowhill.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:05:02 -0800 From: "Jean T. Anderson" Reply-To: jta@bristowhill.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc3 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: derby-dev@db.apache.org Subject: Re: Graphic Alt text (for accessibility) does not appear in Firefox (does appear in IE) - Derby-1842 References: <9f40b500701161355ne5dc865l989a999f5e782bf6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9f40b500701161355ne5dc865l989a999f5e782bf6@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Laura Stewart wrote: > For Derby-1842, I updated the alternate text (aka Alt text). The Alt > text appears when you hover your mouse pointer over a graphic image in > Internet Explorer but not in Firefox. > > Does anyone know why? > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1842 > A google search popped up this reference which says firefox uses the alt tag as intended: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp Look at the section titled "Mozilla Firefox and the alt Attribute." It says "title" enables mouseover comments, so I tried that with one of your files and it worked (mouseover now displays the info); however, it truncates everything past the first . On Safari, mouseover displays nothing when "alt" is used, but shows the complete text when "title" is used. -jean