Does everybody know the pop up messages that occur when you hover over an image if you set the alt attribute. Does anybody know how to create the same effect when you hover over text without making the text into an image?<br />
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I know how to make an alert box pop up when you hover over the text, or change the status bar, but neither of those are acceptable.<br />
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Thank you<!--content-->Does anybody know how to create the same effect when you hover over text without making the text into an image?http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#adef-titleDoes everybody know the pop up messages that occur when you hover over an image if you set the alt attributeNote that this is not the purpose of the alt attribute, and should not be used simply for this effect.<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#adef-alt">http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/obj ... l#adef-alt</a><!-- m --><!--content-->alt text is not supposed to show up when you hover over an image. That is what the title attribute is for. IE just renders the alt attributes incorrectly (surprise, surprise...). So, try something like this:<br />
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<span title="Your Description">Text</span><!--content-->Thank you so much for the quick reply. I've been looking for hours. That was exactly what I wanted.<!--content-->
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I know how to make an alert box pop up when you hover over the text, or change the status bar, but neither of those are acceptable.<br />
<br />
Thank you<!--content-->Does anybody know how to create the same effect when you hover over text without making the text into an image?http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#adef-titleDoes everybody know the pop up messages that occur when you hover over an image if you set the alt attributeNote that this is not the purpose of the alt attribute, and should not be used simply for this effect.<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#adef-alt">http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/obj ... l#adef-alt</a><!-- m --><!--content-->alt text is not supposed to show up when you hover over an image. That is what the title attribute is for. IE just renders the alt attributes incorrectly (surprise, surprise...). So, try something like this:<br />
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<span title="Your Description">Text</span><!--content-->Thank you so much for the quick reply. I've been looking for hours. That was exactly what I wanted.<!--content-->