how to use onMouseOVer function to have pop up boxes? [Archive]

ashas

10-29-2003, 05:42 AM

Hello,

I am creating a large form and would like to use the onMouseOver method in order to have pop up boxes dispayed with text in explaining what a field is and how to fill it it out..

what i would like is to have this box pop up when the user hovers over the field name..

ANy ideas on how to do this?

I've seen something that displays text in the window status area but nothing where a box appears on the screen..

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated..

Thanks,
Asha

Charles

10-29-2003, 06:10 AM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example</title>

<style type="text/css">

</style>

<form action="">
<div>
<label title="A word or combination of words constituting the individual designation by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, spoken of, etc.">Name<input type="text"></label>
<label title="A distinct class or level within a hierarchy; a person’s professional etc. position or status; spec. (Statistics) (a number specifying) position in a numerically ordered series.">Rank<input type="text"></label>
<label title="The unique number given to a member of armed forces.">Serial Number<input type="text"></label>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>