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SPAN Attributed TITLE doesn't work in IE, but works in FF

Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>

Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a 'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.

Is there some sort of an option in IE to don't do these hovers?

Oct 11 '06 #1
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"crcucb" <cr******@hotmail.comwrites:
Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>

Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a 'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.
The HTML or CSS specification neither requires nor forbids such a popup.
So it's not the case that FireFox is "working" while IE is not; the two
are simply behaving differently.

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Oct 11 '06 #2
crcucb wrote:
Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>

Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a 'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.

Is there some sort of an option in IE to don't do these hovers?
It's commonly called a tool tip.

Have you tried the title property with HTML tags like <a>, <divor
<td>? You might have more reason to use that property with those tags,
to indicate the results of clicking something an item in a navigation menu.
Oct 11 '06 #3
On 11 Oct 2006, crcucb wrote:
Can anyone tell me why this page:
"This" is not a page but a Usenet article.
And it has nothing to do with stylesheets.

F'up set. Bye!

Oct 12 '06 #4
crcucb wrote:
Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>

Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a 'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.
I get a tooltip popup in my IE6 when I do this.
Oct 12 '06 #5
In message <4p************@individual.net>, Harlan Messinger
<hm*******************@comcast.netwrites
>crcucb wrote:
>Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>
Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a
'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.

I get a tooltip popup in my IE6 when I do this.
As do I. Opera displays the tip on a status bar, and FF does....
nothing.
--
Chris Hughes
"Reality is that which, when you cease to believe, continues to exist."
http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk
Oct 12 '06 #6
The Major wrote:
In message <4p************@individual.net>, Harlan Messinger
<hm*******************@comcast.netwrites
>crcucb wrote:
>>Can anyone tell me why this page:
<head>
<Title>testpage</title>
</head><body>
<span title="test">Test</span>
</body>
</HTML>
Doesn't work in IE 6 but works in FF?
When I move the mouse over the word Test in IE, I do not see a 'popup'
or whatever it's called. But in FireFox I do.

I get a tooltip popup in my IE6 when I do this.

As do I. Opera displays the tip on a status bar, and FF does.... nothing.
I get a tooltip in Firefox too.
Oct 12 '06 #7

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