km2002
08-17-2006, 03:44 PM
Trying to recreate the informational popups displayed on Google Maps (preferred effect for its drop shadow) or Netflix (acceptable alternate). Found a lot of good stuff on a rather narrow application, namely, tooltips; however, I'm going to need a lot more room for a lot more data, including (occasionally) images.
I had a rudimentary layer trick working; however, when we transferred that idea to the image (and associated image map) for the final product, we couldn't get the layers to show up properly. We couldn't see the rollovers in action. Eventually saw a layer once all were set to visible, and that layer was pretty much at the bottom of the page. We want to position the layers in the vicinity of the mouse pointer (or the image map link, which is perhaps more of a fixed location).
Haven't found anything yet that discusses this idea; code at http://psacake.com/web/jl.asp is probably closest to our desire, but seems subject to previously mentioned limitations.
Thanks, all, for your consideration; hope to hear back soon.
KM
I had a rudimentary layer trick working; however, when we transferred that idea to the image (and associated image map) for the final product, we couldn't get the layers to show up properly. We couldn't see the rollovers in action. Eventually saw a layer once all were set to visible, and that layer was pretty much at the bottom of the page. We want to position the layers in the vicinity of the mouse pointer (or the image map link, which is perhaps more of a fixed location).
Haven't found anything yet that discusses this idea; code at http://psacake.com/web/jl.asp is probably closest to our desire, but seems subject to previously mentioned limitations.
Thanks, all, for your consideration; hope to hear back soon.
KM