LaTeX Changing 'Alt Text' of Hyperlinks in LaTeX

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The discussion revolves around modifying the 'alt text' or title text for links when using the hyperref package in LaTeX. Participants express curiosity about whether this customization is possible, particularly in the context of PDF outputs and latex2html. It is noted that hovering over links in PDFs typically displays a title box with the URL, but customization options appear limited. The consensus is that hyperref does not support changing the title text, and further exploration into this feature has not yielded any solutions. Overall, the inability to customize link title text in hyperref is acknowledged, leading to a conclusion that further investigation may not be fruitful.
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I'm using the hyperref package in LaTeX and I was wondering if there's a way to change the 'alt text' (title text) for links. Anyone know? Perhaps there is a different package I could use?
 
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I don't know the answer but am curious now. Are you doing this to use with latex2html, or does the pdf format support title text as well?
 
When I hover over a PDF link I see a title box with the URL. I don't know if this can be customized or not. I hoped that it could be, and that further it could be customized from pdfLaTeX.
 
Hmm... yeah. I'm not sure it's possible. I looked around for a while and found nothing. hyperref does not seem to support it and it's pretty standard. Sorry I can't help more.
 
At least now I know not to look further. :-p

Thanks for looking into it.
 

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