Max length of Title Attribute

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ArK picture ArK · Dec 15, 2011 · Viewed 55.4k times · Source

What is the length limitation of HTML title attribute?

<span title="some big long piece of text and is there any limit to its size?" />

Edit:

My question is specific to title attribute not general

Answer

Ashkan picture Ashkan · Jul 3, 2013

Titles are limited to 512 total characters in internet explorer according to MSDN.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms534683(v=vs.85).aspx

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