"tool Tips" Are Too Short

jlhaslip

Jan 31 2006, 05:11 PM

When an 'alt=' or 'title=' is included in a link definition, the label which is applied to the field is displayed on mouse-over. (It depends on the Browser which one is displayed, IE uses Alt, FF and Opera use Title.)
Example:

HTML

<a href="#" Alt=" this is a short Alt label that plays nicely."
Title="this is a Title Label that is too long to display completely when you hover over the link in question." />Displayed Label Here</a>

However, when the labels get too long, the full fiield doesn't display properly. It gets truncated and the client doesn't get to see the full message.

How do you make it so the full text field is displayed on your browser? Are there settings within the Firefox Browser where you can set the maximum length of this 'title=' field? Or is a client-side script required?

moldboy

Jan 31 2006, 11:10 PM

I believe a client side sript is required, if by that you mean a mouseover effect in Javascript or CSS

Inspiron

Feb 1 2006, 02:14 PM

Try CSS tooltips with mouseover like what moldboy suggested.

Refer to these sites:
http://psacake.com/web/jl.asp
http://www.mikezilla.com/exp0004.html

Tyssen

Feb 5 2006, 06:41 AM

You might want to check out this: http://www.mojavelinux.com/projects/domtooltip/

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"tool Tips" Are Too Short - and half of it is missing...

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