Re: title length restriction?

On 12 Feb, 09:43, Jared <jaredfholg... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I am showing a lot of info in a tooltip. As far as I can tell from
searching there is no restriction on tooltip length, but mine are
getting cut off at about 488 characters.

Semantically that just isn't a "title", it's a pretty long
"description" at best. So taking a feature built to support titles and
expecting it to work when stretched this far is being pretty
optimistic.

1. You can do this, but I'd suggest some other approach. CSS-
rollovers, JavaScript pop-ups or pop-ins. I'd go for a (CSS :hover /
JS fallback for IE) combined trigger to an invisible <div> that
becomes visible on the page when you hover appropriately.

2. You shouldn't _need_ to use popups for this length of text. How is
anyone going to read it? A site built like this is likely to be
annoying to use, as people try and read fleeting glimpses of the
flashcards. How would they be able to print it out, if needed?