[lug] Alt Text Length

[Matt Thompson]

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 10:05 -0600, Matt Thompson wrote:
> OK, this is such a useless question that no one would ask, that I figure
> someone on a LUG must know it (I'm also asking on #firefox, but the S/N
> there is immense).  Namely, I am wondering if there is a way to make
> Firefox display the complete alt text for an image.  An example is with
> Achewood:
> 
> http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=09262005
> 
> Now, if you hover over the image, you get alt text, but it is cut off
> with ellipses.  I know that because a "View Source" tells me there are
> more than 85 characters in it.  I tried some filters on about:config,
> but no luck.

Never mind, the fine folks of #firefox have told me I am about 5 years
too late.  To wit, bug #45375, filed 2000-07-13:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45375

Gotta love a bug reported by a guy on Redhat 6.2.  That's speed for you.

Sorry for the noise,
Matt
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