nested mouseover boxes in popup window

[dsara]

Would appreciate assistance on this one...

I have a web page with several links. Each of these links utilise a common re-usable Javascripy based popup window (only one link may be active any one time), normally sized smaller than the web page. From within the reusable popup window, I also have text mouseover popup help boxes to explain terms etc. My problem is ...

1. The text mouseover help boxes tend to be confined within the borders of the re-usable popup window. This is aesthetically unpleasing and looks very cramped. Is it possible to (using another re-usable Javascript) make the text mouseover box overlay across the borders of the popup window?
2. If yes, then how does one also position the mouseover box at specific desired positions on the desktop, and
3. How does one control its size (length and breath)?

[gil davis]

1. No. Any object is confined to it's window or frame.

2. You can't. See #1.

3. That depends on what kind of object your "text mouseover popup help boxes" are.

[Zach Elfers]

No. You cannot make an element appear out of a window or out of a window's borders.

I guess you mean text boxes as in <input type="text" name="text1">. To control their size, <input type="text" name="text1" style="width:100px;height:20px;">

[dsara]

That was fast! Thank you both. As may be evident by now, I'm a novice in this area.

OK - since the answer is a NO to the first question, can we go around the problem using layers? ie have the text mouseover box overlay across the borders of the popup window on a separate layer?

[gil davis]

No. A layer is still an object that belongs to a window.

[dsara]

OK. Instead of using popup windows that call out popup boxes, could one use nested popup boxes (are these different in the sense, they all belong to the original window) that are layered and allow overlapping boarders?

I've seen this effect utilised in many MS help/tutorial files, though such files are not web pages.