http://www.dave-cohen.com/node/1188 en http://www.dave-cohen.com/node/1186 <p>The text shown in <span hovertip="italic">italics</span> are examples of <span hovertip="htdef">hovertips</span>. Move your mouse over the <span hovertip=italic>italic</span> text to see what happens. <div class=hovertip id=italic> Text like this appears when you hover. And disappears after you move your mouse away. </p> <p> This is an example of a <span hovertip=htdef>hovertip</span>. </div> <div class=hovertip id="htdef"><h1>What's a hovertip?</h1>A hovertip is a kind of "tooltip" that appears when the mouse rests above something.</div> </p> <p> I call them "hover" tips to distinguish them from <span clicktip=ctdef>clicktips</span>. Click your mouse over <span id=c2>underlined italics</span> to see a <span clicktip=ctdef>clicktip</span>. </p> <p> <div class="clicktip" id="ctdef"><h1>What's a clicktip?</h1> <p>A clicktip is also a tooltip. But unlike a <span hovertip=htdef>hovertip</span>, the user must press the mouse button to see one. </p> <p> The clicktip text appears on the page, rather than floating beneath the mouse. </p> <p> And the text remains visible until unti the user clicks a second time. </p> </div> <div class="clicktip" target="c2"> A single page can have any number of these things. </div> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.dave-cohen.com/node/1186">read more</a></p> http://www.dave-cohen.com/node/1186#comment Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:40:59 -0700 dave 1186 at http://www.dave-cohen.com