HTML - attributes - title

revision: January 28, 2025

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"title" attribute : specifies extra information about an element

The title attribute specifies extra information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.

The title attribute can be used on any HTML element (it will validate on any HTML element. However, it is not necessarily useful).

syntax

<element title="text"></element>

text: a tooltip text for an element.

some examples

                    <p class="spec"><abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948.</p>
                    <a style="margin-left:3vw;" href="https://www.lwitters.com/coding.php" title="my coding webpage"
                    >Click to visit home page.</a>
                

codes:

                    <img src="../../pics/vangogh.jpg" title="Vincent van Gogh">