PRB: Internet Explorer Does Not Display Title Attribute Using the Select Tag

ID: Q221608

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer fails to display the Title attribute of the <SELECT> tag.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

If the <SELECT> tag is disabled in the HTML document, the contents of the Title attribute displays as a tooltip, as in the following example:


<select name="NAME" disabled title="This text will appear in a tooltip popup.">

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Here is an example of HTML that does not display the Title attribute:


<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
    <p><select name="NAME" size="1"
    title="This text should appear in a tooltip popup, but does not.">
        <option>Option1 </option>
        <option>Option2 </option>
        <option>Option3 </option>
    </select> </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Here is an example of HTML with the SELECT element disabled. The Title does display as a tooltip when the pointer hovers over it:


<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
    <p><select name="NAME" size="1"
    disabled title="This text should appear in a tooltip popup.">
        <option>Option1 </option>
        <option>Option2 </option>
        <option>Option3 </option>
    </select> </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

NOTE: The Title attribute is not in the HTML 4.0 specifications. It is an Internet Explorer-specific attribute.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbIE400 kbIE401 kbIE401sp1 kbIE401sp2 kbGrpInet kbIE500 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 10, 1999