Note: This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.
Sets or retrieves a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a long description of the object.
Syntax
| HTML | <ELEMENT LONGDESC
= sDesc... >
|
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| Scripting | [ sDesc = ] object.longDesc [ = v ] |
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Possible Values
| sDesc | String that
specifies or receives the URI. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
longDesc was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Note The long description supplements the shorter description specified by the
alt attribute.
The alt attribute is no longer displayed as the image tooltip when the browser is running in IE8 mode. The target of the longDesc attribute is now used as the tooltip if present; otherwise, the title is displayed. The alt attribute is still used as the Microsoft Active Accessibility name. If this attribute is not present, the title attribute is used instead.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 
.
Applies To
