Tooltips for Button elements

Question

Is it possible to create a tooltip for an html button. Its the normal HTML button and there is no Title attribute as it is there for some html controls. Any thoughts or comments?

Answer 1

Simply add a title to your button.

<button title="Hello World!">Sample Button</button>

Answer 2

both <button> tag and <input type="button"> accept a title attribute..

Answer 3

Use title attribute. It is a standard HTML attribute and is by default rendered in a tooltip by most desktop browsers.

Answer 4

For everyone here seeking a crazy solution, just simply try

title="your-tooltip-here"

in any tag. I've tested into td's and a's and it pretty works.

Answer 5

A button accepts a "title" attribute. You can then assign it the value you want to make a label appear when you hover the mouse over the button.

<button type="submit" title="Login">
Login</button>

Answer 6

The title attribute is meant to give more information. It's not useful for SEO so it's never a good idea to have the same text in the title and alt which is meant to describe the image or input is vs. what it does. for instance:

<button title="prints out hello world">Sample Buttons</button>

<img title="Hms beagle in the straits of magellan" alt="HMS Beagle painting" src="hms-beagle.jpg" />

The title attribute will make a tool tip, but it will be controlled by the browser as far as where it shows up and what it looks like. If you want more control there are third party jQuery options, many css templates such as Bootstrap have built in solutions, and you can also write a simple css solution if you want. check out this w3schools solution.

Answer 7

If your button still doesn't show anything with title, check if your button is NOT disabled

Answer 8

You should use both title and alt attributes to make it work in all browsers.

<button title="Hello World!" alt="Hello World!">Sample Button</button>