mouseover text to create popup text box

i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover Log In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

they use overlib check out their website http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/


"whatthefrance" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

Hi,

They use JavaScript for that. I'm not sure if it's possible but you may be
able to do something without JavaScript by styling the alt tab, but even if
possible, it'll probably only work in I.E..
Fortunately, the JS they use on that page is an open source creation. Go to:
http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/"whatthefrance"
<webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

sorry, sloppy pasting of the link. Should be:

http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/
"Lossed" <blankemail (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,

They use JavaScript for that. I'm not sure if it's possible but you may be
able to do something without JavaScript by styling the alt tab, but even
if
possible, it'll probably only work in I.E..
Fortunately, the JS they use on that page is an open source creation. Go
to:
http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/"whatthefrance"
webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover
Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

where is my head today? alt is an attribute of the img tag so I'm not sure
that could even be styled and probably pointless on a text link (unless made
an image?) so i guess the JS is the way. but anyone reading this, is it
possible to style an alt attribute?
Maybe another way is to use show hide layer behaviour onmouseover
onmouseout?

"Lossed" <blankemail (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,

They use JavaScript for that. I'm not sure if it's possible but you may be
able to do something without JavaScript by styling the alt tab, but even
if
possible, it'll probably only work in I.E..
Fortunately, the JS they use on that page is an open source creation. Go
to:
http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/"whatthefrance"
webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ccfqsu$bn2$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover
Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

They are using something called overlib -

onmouseover="return overlib('For existing users.');" onmouseout="return
nd();">Log In</a> or <a class="blue"
href="javascript:StartPopup('https://ws1.korax.net/~mdg2/new_login.asp?count
ry=ca&amp;lang=en&amp;l_m=0&amp;dest=www.mdg.ca&am p;returnto=3x_HorizonBook'
,'yes','')" onmouseover="return overlib('If you do not have account click
here.');" onmouseout="return nd();">Create a new account</a>

It's a javscript routine for creating such mouseover effects - you can find
it by searching google for "overlib".

However, if you don't have much text to display, you can get a similar
effect by using the title attribute -

<a href="foo.html" title="this is the text to display onmouseover">

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"whatthefrance" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

Hi Murray,

Is there any way to style the title attribute?

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

They are using something called overlib -

onmouseover="return overlib('For existing users.');" onmouseout="return
nd();">Log In</a> or <a class="blue"

href="javascript:StartPopup('https://ws1.korax.net/~mdg2/new_login.asp?count

ry=ca&amp;lang=en&amp;l_m=0&amp;dest=www.mdg.ca&am p;returnto=3x_HorizonBook'
,'yes','')" onmouseover="return overlib('If you do not have account click
here.');" onmouseout="return nd();">Create a new account</a

It's a javscript routine for creating such mouseover effects - you can
find
it by searching google for "overlib".

However, if you don't have much text to display, you can get a similar
effect by using the title attribute -

a href="foo.html" title="this is the text to display onmouseover"

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"whatthefrance" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover
Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks

No.

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"Lossed" <blankemail (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Murray,

Is there any way to style the title attribute?

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote in message
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They are using something called overlib -

onmouseover="return overlib('For existing users.');" onmouseout="return
nd();">Log In</a> or <a class="blue"


href="javascript:StartPopup('https://ws1.korax.net/~mdg2/new_login.asp?count


ry=ca&amp;lang=en&amp;l_m=0&amp;dest=www.mdg.ca&am p;returnto=3x_HorizonBook'
,'yes','')" onmouseover="return overlib('If you do not have account
click
here.');" onmouseout="return nd();">Create a new account</a

It's a javscript routine for creating such mouseover effects - you can
find
it by searching google for "overlib".

However, if you don't have much text to display, you can get a similar
effect by using the title attribute -

a href="foo.html" title="this is the text to display onmouseover"

--
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"whatthefrance" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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i'm trying to figure out how to create a text box appear when you
mouseover a
certain part of a text. Is there a simple way to create this effect
in
dreamweaver or does anyone have any resources? i have very little
experience
with code as anything i know about it has been trial and error. an
example of
what i am talking about is at the bottom of this page if you mouseover
Log
In
or Create a New Account.
http://www.mdg.ca/3x_HorizonBook.asp?bus=0&country=ca&lang=en
Thanks