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− | [[File:tt.png|right|thumb|The title text for [[ | + | {{xkcdmeta}}[[File:tt.png|right|thumb|The title text for [[377: Journal 2]]]] |
− | The '''title text''' | + | The '''title text''' (AKA {{w|tooltip}} or {{w|mouseover}} text) is an {{w|HTML attribute}} [[Randall]] puts on ''[[:Category:No title text|almost]]'' every xkcd image which serves as [[Randall]]'s commentary adding something tangentially relevant to the topic of the comic. In some of the early comics, the title text was used to explain the joke (see, for example, [[5: Blown apart]]). |
− | It can be accessed | + | It can be accessed by hovering the mouse pointer over the image on the main site, or by clicking the Alt Text button near the comic title on the mobile site [m.xkcd.com]. |
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− | Randall uses the | + | Randall uses the 'title' attribute rather than the 'alt' attribute in the HTML sources (cf. {{w|Wikipedia:Alternative_text_for_images|Wikipedia's entry on "Alt text"}}). |
− | [[Category:Design of xkcd | + | Accessing the comics feed and api data, the 'alt' text is labeled at 'alt'. Examples can be [https://xkcd.com/rss.xml found] [http://xkcd.com/info.0.json here]. |
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+ | When using a device that cannot display the title text, it can be found in the [[Transcript on xkcd|offical transcript of the comic]]. | ||
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+ | [[Category:Design of xkcd]] |