TITLE Attribute | title Property

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

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT TITLE = sTitle... >
Scripting object.title [ = sTitle ]

Possible Values

sTitle String 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>
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Standards Information

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

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