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

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This article was previously published under Q221608

SYMPTOMS

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

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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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.">

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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.

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