alt in text input

Hello,
Is it possible to make a short message appear when the mouse passes on
a text "input" tag (as it works with "alt" in images)?
thks for any suggestion
G

lehmann2 (AT) col (DOT) bsf.alcatel.fr (lehmann) wrote:

Is it possible to make a short message appear when the mouse passes on
a text "input" tag

Perhaps, but it is better that you don't know.

(as it works with "alt" in images)?

The alt attribute denotes alternate text. If your browser shows it when
the image _is_ shown, consider this a browser bug, or at least an oddity.

The title attribute is the correct way to suggest a "tooltip". But it's
better that you don't know about this, since then you realize that the
input element must be preceded by normal visible text - preferably using
the <label> element for specifying the association in markup. Consider
the title attribute (at most) as an optional extra. Example:

<label for="sname">Your surname:</label>
<input id="sname" type="text" name="surname" size="30" title=
"Your family name (last name)">

Even then, the title attribute might disturb rather than help. People who
know what they have been asked to type don't like any tooltips obscuring
the view.

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