[RESOLVED] Work around for browsers on the BlendTrans Effect and changing Alt Tags

[tmc1170]

I have a site I've been maintaining and working on for quite awhile, and it's at: http://wonderlandmurals.com. The pages with the scrolling thumbnails work just fine in IE, but the alt tags for the large picture are not changing or showing up in other browsers. I have only done a few pages to add in the alt tags for descriptions, but the lady who owns the site views it on a MAC computer and says she doesn't see them. The pictures do change for her, just not the pretty blending-which is fine with us. Here's the code I use:

The Function call:

function fadeElement(image,desc) { 
if (document.all) { 
 if (animal.filters && animal.filters.length>0)
 animal.filters.blendTrans.Apply(); 
animal.src=image; 
animal.alt=desc;
if (animal.filters && animal.filters.length>0)
animal.filters.blendTrans.Play(); 
} 
else { animal.src=image;
animal.alt=desc;
}
} 

the Thumbnails:

<div id="scroller">
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/pinkcastle_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/pinkcastle_450.gif','Pink and Playful castle window')">          </div>
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src="images/Castles/CCF000_100.jpg" alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/CCF000_450.gif','Princess Room with castle window, birds and ribbons')">          </div>
          
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/FKTMP30179_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/FKTMP30179_450.gif','Princess Pink Castle')">          </div>
          
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/SUC50814_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/SUC50814_450.gif','Princess room castle window (detail)')">          </div>
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/SUC50812_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/SUC50812_450.gif','Playroom castle walls, clouds and Princess Banner')">          </div>
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/SUC50809_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/SUC50809_450.gif','Playroom castle window with dragon, bow and arrows')">          </div>
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src='images/Castles/SUC50810_100.jpg' alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/SUC50810_450.gif','playroom castle walls, clouds and knights&acute;s Banner')">          </div>
          
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src="images/Castles/castlegrey_100.jpg" alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/castlegrey_450.gif','School castle play house with exterior and interior stone, windows and doors faux painted')">          </div>
          <div class="content" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='#EDDA70'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''"><img src="images/Castles/CastlegreyKnight_100.jpg" alt="Click to Enlarge" width="95" height="95" border="0" onMouseUp="fadeElement('images/Castles/CastlegreyKnight_450.gif','Detail on school castle play house')">          </div>
        </div> 

The Main Picture:

<img src="images/Castles/pinkcastle_450.gif" alt="Pink and playful Castle Window" height="450" width="450" id="animal" name="animal" style="filter:blendTrans(duration=3)"> 

[Fang]

Drop the document.all
Change the reference to

var animal = document.getElementById('animal ');

Image transitions

[tmc1170]

haha!! I found out why mozilla does not show the alt - they don't recognize it the way IE does. Technically, the ALT tag is if the images don't show - which is fine, but I got so use to also having the little tooltip come up, that I forgot I need to use TITLE tags instead because that is the job... so I added in the Title tag to my main picture, add in the function to change the title as well as the alt tag - and it works beautifully! Thanks anyway, and I hope this helps someone else