Closed Bug 301023 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Alt text is not displayed when cursor is moved over images

Categories

(Firefox :: Disability Access, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25537

People

(Reporter: ron.strutt, Unassigned)

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 The display of alt text when the cursor is moved over an image is an essential facility for those who have poor eyesight. The lack of the facility to display alt text when the text has been provided in the source code may be a breach of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act. Apart from that, alt text is a useful way of adding a caption to an image. This is probably the one thing that stops me using Firefox as my primary browser. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Move the cursor over any image on the web site. 2. 3. Actual Results: Nothing displayed Expected Results: Alt text should have been displayed.
Alt text is not meant for this purpose. It's meant to be displayed if the image cannot be shown. Read over bug 25537 for a full explanation. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25537 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified That's the reason why there is a title tag.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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