Home Links and buttons Fixed Tooltip script Developer's View
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#fixedtipdiv{
position:absolute;
padding: 2px;
border:1px solid black;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Fixed ToolTip script- (c) Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* Please keep this notice intact
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
var tipwidth='150px' //default tooltip width
var tipbgcolor='lightyellow' //tooltip bgcolor
var disappeardelay=250 //tooltip disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var vertical_offset="0px" //horizontal offset of tooltip from anchor link
var horizontal_offset="-3px" //horizontal offset of tooltip from anchor link
/////No further editting needed
var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="fixedtipdiv"
style="visibility:hidden;width:'+tipwidth+';background-color:'+tipbgcolor+'"
></div>')
function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft :
totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}
function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, tipwidth){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
if (tipwidth!=""){
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=tipwidth
}
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}
function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")?
document.documentElement : document.body
}
function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=(whichedge=="rightedge")? parseInt(horizontal_offset)*-1 :
parseInt(vertical_offset)*-1
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera?
iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 :
window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera?
iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 :
window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight
}
return edgeoffset
}
function fixedtooltip(menucontents, obj, e, tipwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidetip()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("fixedtipdiv") :
fixedtipdiv
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=menucontents
if (!dropmenuobj.repositioned){
document.body.appendChild(dropmenuobj)
dropmenuobj.repositioned = true
}
if (ie4||ns6){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", tipwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj,
"bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
}
}
function hidetip(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}
function delayhidetip(){
if (ie4||ns6)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidetip()",disappeardelay)
}
function clearhidetip(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}
</script>
<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com" onMouseover="fixedtooltip('Comprehensive
JavaScript tutorials and over 400+ <b>free</b> scripts.', this, event, '150px')"
onMouseout="delayhidetip()">JavaScript Kit</a> |
<a href="http://www.codingforums.com" onMouseover="fixedtooltip('Web coding and
development forums. This tooltip has an apostrophe- I\'m here.', this, event,
'200px')" onMouseout="delayhidetip()">CodingForums.com</a>
</body>
</html>