Omit Image Title Text Hover

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by eagleout, Nov 29, 2009.

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    I need to omit the text that displays when hovering over an image in my gallery. I'm using NextGen with Wordpress which works great, but it uses the image description text to display a tool-like tip when hovering over an image and I'd like to get rid of that.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks-
     
    eagleout, Nov 29, 2009 IP
  2. vinpkl

    vinpkl Active Member

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    #2
    post the image tag code to get help

    vineet
     
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  3. jj1

    jj1 Active Member

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    Alt text - or the text that appears when hovering over an image helps towards seo and is also there for those with visual difficulties who view your site with a audio aid so I would be wary about eliminating it.
     
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    Astroman Well-Known Member

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    Actually it's 'title' tag text that's supposed to be in the hover over pop up box, indeed the title tag will take precedence over the alt tag, but because Internet Explorer is so awful it makes the alt tag behave like a title tag if there is no title tag. The true purpose of the alt tag is for showing text when an image is missing, or the user's browser doesn't support the use of images.

    Anyways, look in your code and remove the title and alt tags - though why anyone would want to do this is beyond me. :)
     
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