Re: Tooltip does not appear when hovering over an image.

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From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:03:00 -0600

Well, according to this discussion at lists.w3.org this depends on how the
ALT text is written
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2003Jun/0106.html
It sounds like there isn't a setting that you can change.

Don 

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"Wyrenth" <Wyrenth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CC9ED2A2-8397-4263-8908-007A03DD7A4C@microsoft.com...
> It was a nice try, but unfortunately, no, that didn't seem to do the
trick. :(
>
> I just can't figure out what caused this change... any other ideas?
>
> -Wyrenth
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Internet Options> Advanced... try checking "Always expand ALT text for
> > images."
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Don
> > "Wyrenth" <Wyrenth[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:CDFF3FC0-FEA1-458C-B785-6B380C9E4032@microsoft.com...
> > > I'm experiencing a small, but annoying and frustrating, problem that I
> > can't
> > > seem to figure out how to fix.
> > >
> > > You know how when you hover the cursor over an image, any text
displayed
> > in
> > > its "alt=" field appears as a tooltip? That's not appearing for me.
All
> > other
> > > tooltips in Windows functions just fine, as far as I can tell (I was
able
> > to
> > > get "Close" to appear over the close button, for example).
> > >
> > > How can I fix this? Is there an option or, if all else fails, a
registry
> > > entry that turns this on and off?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time.
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