The title
global attribute contains text representing advisory information related to the element it belongs to.
Some typical uses:
<iframe>
elements for assistive technology<input>
element as a fallback for a real <label>
Additional semantics are attached to the title
attributes of the <link>
, <abbr>
, <input>
, and <menuitem>
elements.
The title
attribute may contain several lines. Each U+000A LINE FEED
(LF
) character represents a line break. Some caution must be taken, as this means the following renders across two lines:
<p>Newlines in <code>title</code> should be taken into account, like <abbr title="This is a multiline title">example</abbr>.</p>
If an element has no title
attribute, then it inherits it from its parent node, which in turn may inherit it from its parent, and so on.
If this attribute is set to the empty string, it means its ancestors' title
s are irrelevant and shouldn't be used in the tooltip for this element.
<div title="CoolTip"> <p>Hovering here will show “CoolTip”.</p> <p title="">Hovering here will show nothing.</p> </div>
Use of the title
attribute is highly problematic for:
This is due to inconsistent browser support, compounded by the additional assistive technology parsing of the browser-rendered page. If a tooltip effect is desired, it is better to use a more accessible technique that can be accessed with the above browsing methods.
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'title' in that specification. | Living Standard | No change from latest snapshot, HTML 5.1 |
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'title' in that specification. | Recommendation | Snapshot of HTML Living Standard, no change from HTML5 |
HTML5 The definition of 'title' in that specification. | Recommendation | Snapshot of HTML Living Standard. From HTML 4.01 Specification, it is now a true global attribute. |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of 'title' in that specification. | Recommendation | Supported on all elements but <base> , <basefont> , <head> , <html> , <meta> , <param> , <script> , and <title> . |
Desktop | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
title |
Yes | 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-line support | Yes | 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mobile | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
title |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-line support | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
HTMLElement.title
that reflects this attribute.
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