67093 - Alternate text for an image does not appear in tooltip

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25537

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[bijals (gone)]

Steps:
1) Open the follwing document in Navigator
http://blues/users/bijals/publish/composer/Composer_image_test_document.html
(this document is internal, but anyone can create a document with a single image 
that has alternate text provided and save it to their desktop)

2) Move the mouse over it

Actual Results: Nothing happens or no tool tip.

Expected Results: Get the alternate text supplied for the image during document 
creation as a tool tip.  Communicator does this correctly.

Build Date/Platform: 2001012604 using NT

Comment 1

[bijals (gone)]

CCing Aaron who is project owner for accessibility through mozilla.org and Beth 
who manages editor group.

This is a layout issues since the document is created as expected with the 
alternate text info.

Comment 2

[bijals (gone)]

CCing Mike since I believe he developed tool tips.

Comment 3

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

if this bug is "use ALT text for tooltip" then it's INVALID. ALT text is _not_
for tooltips. TITLE is.

Comment 4

[bijals (gone)]

CCing Charley since I believe he created this dialog for entering alternate text 
for images.

Comment 5

[Warner Young]

I've seen this argument before, but I still think ALT text should be used for 
Tooltips *if* (and only if) the title attribute isn't present.  It's very nice 
to say that people should use title, but the fact remains that users will run 
across all kinds of old pages that depend solely on the ALT tag, and these pages 
will show Tooltps correctly on all other browsers.

Comment 6

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

regardless, it's an xpapps issue, not toolkit or gecko. cc'ing blake

Comment 7

[Blake Ross]

This argument has taken place again and again and again in other bugs.  The 
decision has been made, and we're sticking with it.

Comment 8

[bijals (gone)]

Okay, so where will the alternate text be displayed for an image?

Comment 9

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

on the image when it doesn't load, or in browsers that don't display images.

Comment 10

[bijals (gone)]

Actually, on situation when the image does load and the alternate text is shown 
during a mouse over.

Comment 11

[Philip White]

*** Bug 157158 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Jesse Ruderman]

Reopening to mark as a dup of bug 25537.

Comment 13

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25537 ***

Comment 14

[Robin Lionheart]

Verifying.