Pop Ups (I think they are called)

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The effect is to have a dialog box pop up on the screen if you place
your cursor over a certain item on the screen. The message stays up
on the screen until you move the cursor off the item.

I'm in FP 2003.

Can anyone give me a "short course" in how to create this effect. I have a
number of items on a page which need explanations and this effect would serve
best.

Thanks.
 
A few different ways to do it. You can use the span tag, something like
<span title="this is a test">Testing</span>

There are a few scripts over at the www.dynamicdrive.com website as well
that you might find interesting
 
Hi Corey:
Thank you for your response.
Possibly you could be a little more descriptive. Where do I put this? What
do I replace "this is a test" with? What do I replace testing with? How do
I control the size of the pop-up text box? How do I enter the desired text
in the text box? Do I need to create something on the page (such as a
button) to provide a "trigger"for the cursor?

I went to the website to which you referred and found a lot of fancy stuff,
but not a simple text box which I can install to "pop-up" at various
locations on the page.

What am I missing here.

Thanks again
 
Why don't you try using a "Screen Tip"?

Right-click the item, choose Hyperlink and click the Screen Tip... button in
the upper right-hand corner. This works great on graphics or other non-text
items.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I see two Problems with this idea.
1: They are limited to just a few words
2: You can't paste text into the box.
 
Thank you.
I'm afraid I get lost at STEP THREE
Step 3: Finally, add the following inside any link or page element that will
contain a tooltip:
onMouseover="ddrivetip('JavaScriptKit.com JavaScript tutorials','yellow',
300)";
onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"

I have about 40 separate "chunks" of text on a certain page (Page A). Some
"chunks" are 3 or 4 paragraphs long. Each "chunk" varies in size. I want
each of those "chunks" to appear separately at specific locations on another
page (Page B) as pop-up on the mouse over. Each "chunk" relates to a
different topic
on (Page B).

Step Three raises these questions for me.
It says to add the code inside any link or page element that contains the
tooltip, which in my case would the the "chunk".
How do I make a "chunk" a link or page element which will "pop-up" on a
mouse over?
How do I connect the "chunk" to the link or page element in a way that will
distinguish which "chunk" is to be displayed on the mouse over?
How do I accomodate the various "chunk" sizes?
How do I change the color of the background to a more sophisticated grey or
other color?
Thank you.
 
Does "Format" "Behaviors" work for you?

and then click on "Insert" (grey button) "Pop-Up Message" in the Open Task
Pane on your Left.

or, Just Ctrl-F1 to Open the Task Pane

Any good or not?
 
Pretty Cool Keith. Thanks. But for my current purposes, I don't think the
box will work......the one that comes up is the standard microsoft box with
OK at the bottom and that red X in the upper right. I had no clue about this
feature in FP. Thank you very much for pointing it out. The things I don't
know about FP scares me.
 
Replace this is a test with whatever you want the pop-up to say and test
with whatever you want the user to see on the screen all the time. Always
test in a browser and not the design / preview. You can test some but never
rely on it
 
1) How many words do you need? I have seen a paragraph or more.
2)Yes, you can paste into the box. (use Ctrl + V)

I believe this to be the simplest method to add a few word to describe an
object

In my use, I've found that one can fit 256 charactors, including spaces,
into this box. If you need more words than this, you will need to go to a
third party for your solution.
 
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