170345 - ALT IMG attribute does not function

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 41924

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[robert putnam]

If an image defined with <IMG alt="blah" src="..."> is inserted in a page

1) Mouseover of image does not display alt tag content
2) If image display is turned off, then ALT tag contents do not appear

NOTE: This feature works in 4.x Netscape as well as IE 5, 6. Since the ALT tag
is recommended by W3C I think this makes netscape 6/7 non Accessibility
compliant (i.e., not 508 compatible)

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

1) is invalid because the ALT image should not be displayed as tooltip.
(only if the image link is broken).
Use  "title" for the tooltip

2) dupe of bug 41924

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41924 ***

Comment 2

[timeless]

vrfy dupe