title attribute | title property (Internet Explorer)

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Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.

Syntax

HTML	`<element title="p" ... >`
JavaScript	`p = object.title`

Property values

Type: String

the advisory text.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.3

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the object.

Titles are limited to 512 total characters; this limit includes control characters, such as line feeds, carriage returns, and so on.

Renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers a mouse or finger over objects

Titles are limited to 512 total characters; this limit includes control characters, such as line feeds, carriage returns, and so on.

Examples

This example uses the title property to display advisory text when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the text.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/title_1.htm


<script type="text/javascript">
function boldAdvise(src) {
    src.title="this is bold text";
    return;
    }
</script>

: 

<span onmouseover="boldAdvise(this)">bold section</span>

title attribute | title property

Syntax

Property values

Standards information

Remarks

Examples

See also

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