I agree that title attribute is the way to go. You shouldn't use the alt attribute for tooltips though, as this violates accessibility standards. Alt should either contain a literal description of the image, or be left empty. On Mar 23, 2012 1:11 PM, "Cedric Greevey" <cgree...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Andy Fingerhut > <andy.finger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions, folks. > > > > Cedric, have you tried your method before? I'm not sure, but I think it > was > > the thing that I tried that led me to add (b) to my list of preference. > I > > like anything that makes the development job easier, but not if it > violates > > that preference. > > The tooltip could, in principle, extend beyond the browser window, but > the link would have to be at the far right edge of the window, the > text would have to be long or the pointer would have to be near the > right edge of the link, AND the browser window would have to, > bizarrely, not be maximized. > > In particular, if you fear that the tooltip would extend beyond the > screen edge so half of it wasn't displayed at all, that won't happen > -- at least, not in Firefox. > > The last time I saw it the cheat sheet's main content occupied a > vertical strip with fairly wide margins left and right. Unless you're > putting the full text of the Declaration of Independence into one of > the tooltips I don't see there being much likelihood of a problem > there. > > Furthermore, eschewing standard tooltips and using JS or something to > roll your own would likely render the tooltips inaccessible (or worse, > confusing) with screen-reader software for the visually impaired. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
