TITLE Attribute | title Property

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Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.

Syntax

HTML<ELEMENT TITLE = sTitle... >
Scriptingobject.title [ = sTitle ]

Possible Values

sTitleString that specifies or receives the advisory text.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Microsoft® Internet Explorer renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the object.

Example

This example uses the title property to display advisory text when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the text.

<SCRIPT>
function boldAdvise(src) {
src.title="this is bold text";
return;
}
</SCRIPT>
:
<SPAN onmouseover="boldAdvise(this)">bold section</SPAN>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 3.2 Non-Microsoft link and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CITE, CODE, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

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