description on hover

  • catherder

    (@catherder)


    5 years ago

    Hi guys, Im new here so please forgive any breaches of etiquette. I would like to display brief explanations of content, visible when you hover over a likk. Kind of like what you see on Wikipedia when hovering on a link, but not necessarily the actual content from the linked page. Or kind of like alt text for hyperlinks. Is this possible? Do I need a plugin?

    Regards James

    • This topic was modified 5 years ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Joy

    (@joyously)

    The browser uses the title attribute for the content to show on hover for links.
    But not all devices have hover, so you might want to put that content somewhere else, where everyone will see it.
    <a href="https://address_of_link" title="content to show on hover">Visible link text</a>

    There are likely plugins to create tooltips, but still, consider that not all devices have hover.

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