I'm pretty sure the ToolTip plugin *removes* the title tag from the matched items
try something like this to confirm <area state="AL" shape="poly" coords="omitted for brevity" name="Alabama"></area> $("area").tooltip({ delay: 0, fade: 250, bodyHandler: function() { var content = $(this).attr("state"); console.log(content); return $("<p>").html(content); } }); On Dec 2, 2:21 pm, 703designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using: > > $("area").tooltip({ > delay: 0, > fade: 250, > bodyHandler: function() { > var content = $(this).attr("title"); > console.log(content); > return $("<p>").html(content); > } > }); > > console logs empty returns and the tooltip is empty. Note that this is > an issue with the "attr" method, not "tooltip". If I set "content" > equal to attr("shape") or attr("name"), name attribute supplied, the > method works fine. Why would the title attribute return nothing on an > element that returns all other attributes normally? Here's an example > <area> that returns all non-title attributes: > > <area title="AL" shape="poly" coords="omitted for brevity" > name="Alabama"></area> > > Ideas? Why would only "title" fail to return?