Preserved Topic: Read ALT Tag (Page 1 of 1)

Hello,

Say, is it possible to read the ALT Tag using JavaScript? If so... I'm looking to write a JavaScript/DHTML function that will read the ALT tag for specified graphic that a client floats over -- then update the text inside a DIV tag.
Has anyone done this before?

Karl

Karl www.AZProGolf.com
karl@azprogolf.com

This topic belongs in DHTML/JavaScript board. Even you have mentioned JavaScript in your post, so I'll move it to the appropriate location...

Anyway, to answer your question...

If your image has ID defined, you can use the following code:

alert(document.getElementById("imgID").getAttribute("alt"));

Otherwise you can use the following code:

alert(document.getElementsByTagName("IMG")[0].getAttribute("alt"));

The number between square brackets represents zero based index of image whose ALT parameter value you want to read...