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Learn more about Labs Display image Alt Attribute text on hover Ask Question Asked 8 years, 8 months ago Modified 8 years, 8 months ago Viewed 13k times 2

I'd like to know how to display alt text of img, inside of p element on mouse hover.

Here's my HTML:

<img src="img1.jpg" alt="one"/> <img src="img2.jpg" alt="two"/> <img src="img3.jpg" alt="three"/> <p id="text"> </p>

And JS:

function showAlt(){ var img = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); var text = document.getElementById("text"); for(var i=0; i < img.length; i++){ img[i].addEventListener("mouseover", function(){ var alt = img[i].alt; alt.appendChild(text);}} }

And JSfiddle: here

• javascript
• html
• css

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I'm not sure of the context for this, but the title="" attribute is often shown as a tooltip for images. Should work in all of the desktop browsers, so I'm not sure if you need JS to do this.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered May 2, 2016 at 22:48 Nick GoodrumNick Goodrum 40122 silver badges77 bronze badges 2

• That's not what he's asking. He wants to display the alt text in another HTML element when hovered on. – user663031 Commented May 3, 2016 at 2:06
• 4 Thanks, I'm aware that his setup is slightly different. Just giving an alternative if they weren't already aware. The title was more general so it might have been a helpful alternative. – Nick Goodrum Commented May 3, 2016 at 2:33

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You can change text of p element with textContent DEMO

var img = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); var text = document.getElementById("text"); for (var i = 0; i < img.length; i++) { img[i].addEventListener("mouseover", function() { var alt = this.alt; text.textContent = alt; }); }

If you want to remove text on mouseleave you can add another event and change text to empty string DEMO

Share Improve this answer Follow edited May 2, 2016 at 22:57 answered May 2, 2016 at 22:47 Nenad VracarNenad Vracar 122k1616 gold badges159159 silver badges183183 bronze badges 0 Add a comment |

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