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SARAVAN
SARAVAN

Reputation: 15051

Tooltips for Button elements

Is it possible to create a tooltip for an html button. Its the normal HTML button and there is no Title attribute as it is there for some html controls. Any thoughts or comments?

Upvotes: 436

Views: 566773

Answers (8)

Eugene Ihnatsyeu
Eugene Ihnatsyeu

Reputation: 1585

If your button still doesn't show anything with title, check if your button is NOT disabled

Upvotes: 2

Félix Urrutia
Félix Urrutia

Reputation: 281

A button accepts a "title" attribute. You can then assign it the value you want to make a label appear when you hover the mouse over the button. 

<button type="submit" title="Login">
Login</button>

Upvotes: 27

skyman
skyman

Reputation: 2472

Use title attribute. It is a standard HTML attribute and is by default rendered in a tooltip by most desktop browsers.

Upvotes: 38

A. U. Crawford
A. U. Crawford

Reputation: 21

The title attribute is meant to give more information. It's not useful for SEO so it's never a good idea to have the same text in the title and alt which is meant to describe the image or input is vs. what it does. for instance:

<button title="prints out hello world">Sample Buttons</button>

<img title="Hms beagle in the straits of magellan" alt="HMS Beagle painting" src="hms-beagle.jpg" />

The title attribute will make a tool tip, but it will be controlled by the browser as far as where it shows up and what it looks like. If you want more control there are third party jQuery options, many css templates such as Bootstrap have built in solutions, and you can also write a simple css solution if you want. check out this w3schools solution.

Upvotes: 2

Sergey Gurin
Sergey Gurin

Reputation: 1563

You should use both title and alt attributes to make it work in all browsers.

<button title="Hello World!" alt="Hello World!">Sample Button</button>

Upvotes: -3

Davidson Lima
Davidson Lima

Reputation: 859

For everyone here seeking a crazy solution, just simply try

title="your-tooltip-here"

in any tag. I've tested into td's and a's and it pretty works.

Upvotes: 14

Muad&#39;Dib
Muad&#39;Dib

Reputation: 29216

Simply add a title to your button.

<button title="Hello World!">Sample Button</button>

Upvotes: 804

Gabriele Petrioli
Gabriele Petrioli

Reputation: 195992

both <button> tag and <input type="button"> accept a title attribute..

Upvotes: 48

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