Dreamweaver - Hover Caption Limits?

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Hover Caption Limits?

Sherri

2004-03-09, 2:31 pm

I am wanting a box of text to pop up when I hover over a link, but I don't want
to have to click or do anything else. How do you do this?

Also, I was wondering if there was a limit to how many lines of text can
appear in a hovering drop box?

Thanks in advance!!!
Sherri

Murray *TMM*

2004-03-09, 3:29 pm

The title attribute is not displayed in all browsers, is it?

In addition, it is on a timer, in the sense that it is only displayed for a
set amount of time (you cannot change that). This means that it's not
suitable for a large bolus of text. If that's your case, then you will have
to put that text into a styled and hidden layer, and reveal it on
appropriate mouse event.

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"Chris In Madison" <cowens@cnwGOAWAYDIRTYRATSPAMMERS.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Sherri,
>
> Try using the TITLE attribute of your <a> tag. Not sure if there's a
limit,
> though:
>
> <a title="This is a link" href="mypage.html">Click here</a>
>
> Best regards,
> Chris
>
>

Chris In Madison

2004-03-09, 3:29 pm

Hi Sherri,

Try using the TITLE attribute of your <a> tag. Not sure if there's a limit,
though:

<a title="This is a link" href="mypage.html">Click here</a>

Best regards,
Chris

Chris In Madison

2004-03-09, 3:29 pm

It has in all the browsers I've tried, but I haven't done any exhaustive
tests.

As Murray mentions, though, it is on a timer and will disappear some period
after the rollover starts. There are several extensions out there for doing
DHTML tooltips, also as Murray suggested, but all the ones I've tried have
positioning problems with Internet Explorer for long pages that require
scrolling. Essentially, when you scroll, the offsets get messed up and the
tooltip appears further and further away from the point of rollover the
farther down the page you scroll.

Best regards,
Chris

Gary White

2004-03-09, 5:30 pm

"Chris In Madison" <cowens@cnwGOAWAYDIRTYRATSPAMMERS.com> wrote in message
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>
> As Murray mentions, though, it is on a timer and will disappear some
period
> after the rollover starts.

In addition to that, Gecko browsers won't wrap text in a tool tip. If the
title is more than just a few words, it is truncated.

Gary