The title attribute on an <a> tag adds a tooltip with title text to the anchor tag.
Hovering the mouse over the link will display the tooltip.
A title attribute on an <a> tag.
Hover over the link to see the tooltip.
<a title="Click to visit the Microsoft website" target="_blank"
href="https://microsoft.com">Microsoft</a>
The title attribute is placed in the <a> opening tag.
The value can be any string. Hover over the link and a tooltip appears.
The title attributes attaches additional information to the <a> element.
The title value displays as a tooltip.
A tooltip will appear when the link is hovered.
<a title="value">
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| value | A string value. A title can span multiple lines by including newline or carriage-return characters: or 
. |
Here is when title support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
1.0 | Sep 2008 |
 Firefox
|
1.0 | Sep 2002 |
 IE/Edge
|
1.0 | Aug 1995 |
 Opera
|
1.0 | Jan 2006 |
 Safari
|
1.0 | Jan 2003 |
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