Posted by Cogito on 05/25/05 14:27

On Wed, 25 May 2005 12:49:52 +0200, Sid Ismail <elsid@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:53:14 GMT, Cogito <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>
>: Some sites have a small text, help window show up when hovering over
>: an object. I would like to know what tags are needed to achieve this
>: effect. Any examples would be appreciated.
>
>It's either a javascript pop-up, or they're using title, as in
>
><a href="cat.html" title="these are pics of my favourite cat">my cat
>Sebastian</a>
>
>Sid
>


That's it. The 'title' does exactly what I was after. Thank you very
much.

BTW, I noticed that there is a small duration of time between the
placing of the pointer over the graphic and the appearance of the
text. Is this length of time controllable by a parameter?

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