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Why tool tip is not displaying for page title in 'chrome'?

Answer 1

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No browser I'm aware of displays a tooltip for the <title></title> tag. You're probably confusing it with the title attribute, e.g.:

<div title="Hello, world!">Box with title</div>

Please disregard my answer. I guess you are not talking about HTML. Some tabbed browsers, including Firefox and Chrome, display a tooltip when you put the mouse over a tab when the full title does not fit. If the title does fit, the tooltip is pointless. It's a feature, not a bug.

Álvaro G. Vicario 2010-08-03 11:52:51

Chrome does when you hover over a tab, as does Firefox, IE 7, OK — *every* browser I tested.

David Dorward 2010-08-03 11:56:03

Answer 2

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On Chrome you will not see a tool tip when you hover over the tab if the text is short enough.
There isn't really anything you can do about that, tab tooltip isn't part of specifications, and any browser can behave in another way. (In fact, it seems even Chrome isn't consistent between operating systems)

Kobi 2010-08-03 11:55:21

That was my assumption — then I tested it, and it showed a tooltip for every tab, not matter what the length of the title.

David Dorward 2010-08-03 11:56:57

@David - not for me, I tested too. I'm using 5.0.375.125 on XP.

Kobi 2010-08-03 11:58:13

Same version and platform that I tested on. How odd.

David Dorward 2010-08-03 12:01:25

Answer 3

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I don't have chrome to test but I'd wonder if it is only showing the tooltip when it is having to hide some of the page title in the tab name (assuming it is mousing over the tab that is generating the tooltip). This is mainly based on the fact that if its short it doesn't show the tooltip. There is no real spec that says what should be done with page titles though, except that they should be displayed. See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-TITLE for the official spec (of HTML4) on what titles are for and how they might be rendered.

Chris 2010-08-03 11:55:45

You should get Chrome.

Dustin Fineout 2010-08-03 12:06:00

@Dustin Fineout: I have it at home, just not on my work computer. Perhaps I should get it on my work comp though... :)

Chris 2010-08-03 12:58:55

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