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How to display alt text for an image in chrome

Asked 2011-03-22T03:51:59.287
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The image with invalid source displays an alternate text in Firefox but not in chrome unless the width of an image is adjusted.

  <img height="90" width="90"
    src="http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logos/images_logo_lg.gif"
    alt="Image Not Found"/>

How to display the alt text for an image?

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Here is a simple workaround in jQuery. You can implement it as a user script to apply it to every page you view.

$(function () {
  $('img').live('mouseover', function () {
    var img = $(this); // cache query
    if (img.title) {
      return;
    }
    img.attr('title', img.attr('alt'));
  });
});

I have also implemented this as a Chrome extension called alt. Because it uses jQuery.live, it works with dynamically loaded content, too. I have retired this extension and removed it from the Chrome store.

answered 2012-11-14T01:11:01.450

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