Alternative Text

[cny1947]

Alt text shows up when you mouse over an image, thats fine, what I have is this graphic, actually a photo with a group of people in it. I did an image map making each person a hot spot, than used the alt text on each to show their names. Works fine. Is there anyway to get away from the generic font and color used in alt text? Can't seem to find a way in Dreamweaver or Frontpage. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Gary

[bathurst_guy]

No. How it is is how it is. You can make your own JavaScript "look-a-like" titles, but if the user has JavaScript disabled then they won't appear.

[bathurst_guy]

a previous post on the JavaScript method (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98135)

[pottersdt2k]

you could display the 'alt text' in Layers.
By carefully positioning the layers, and using JS to hide or show the layers whenever hovering over a hotspot, you can then format the layers in whatever colour and font style you like.
If using DreamWeaver, you can hide or show the layers simply by using the show/hide layer, thereby not requiring you to know any javascript.

[nitrexoxide]

I dont think there is anyway to format text within the alt tag.