How to set <a title=""> for erb?

Question

I'm trying to get an erb link to display some text when a mouse is hovered over it. <a title="hover">text</a> works on normal text, but I can't get it to work on a link. Here's what I tried, which does nothing:

<a title="hover"> <%= link_to "All", "all/allthings" %> </a>

Am I going to have to resort to using javascript?

Answer 1

Try this:

<%= link_to "All", "all/allthings", title: 'hover' %>

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Answer 2

If you wrap the link in a div tag with the desired title in it you will achieve the result you are looking for!

<div title="hover"><a href="#">link to the place</a></div>