Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 04/05/06 06:30

dorayme wrote:
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> I had supposed there might be this reason, but really, I am no
> js/browser interaction expert: if it did not disappear quickly
> there would be left a trail of tooltips around. But this is not
> so, Safari hangs on only when the mouse is appropriately
> positioned. Anyone know the reason for a timeout, given that if a
> user moves away, it stops anyway? Soon as I post this, I will
> think of something. Or not!
>
I believe the browser tooltip balloon it browser is browser dependent on
A) whether on not it is displayed and B) for how long...it is not
scriptable. If you have information that it really important then it
should be in your content and do not rely on the tooltip. The title
attribute should be for auxiliary information only.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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