Solved: info box

[ms_khw]

I'd like to add an info box within my text to my web page. You place your mouse on it and a box opens with text. I found the following code, but the box does not stay open with your mouse on it. It keeps closing and you have to move your mouse over it repeatedly. I'd appreciate any help with the code. With thanks, msk
This is the code that I have been trying to use:
<A HREF="http://www.mysite.ca/" TITLE="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas massa mi, rhoncus sit amet suscipit non, congue eu dui. Nulla dictum, libero non feugiat ultrices, nulla felis vestibulum elit, semper aliquet neque ante ac odio. :&#10;&#13; &#10;&#13;
">Town </A>

 

[allnodcoms]

Do a 'Google' on overlib. Sounds like the ideal solution to your problem...

Danny

 

[ms_khw]

Thanks, I did a google and did find one. It works great in Explorer, but only Explorer. Other browsers like Firefox, Safari etc it does not open where it should. It opens down on the left corner of the screen and only the top of the box shows. How can I correct this. This is the code that I used.
I placed this <DIV ID="overDiv" STYLE="position:absolute; visibility:hide; z-index:1;"></DIV>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="overlib.js"></script> inside the body of my page and added this where I wanted it to show on the page: <a href="http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/features.html" onMouseOver="return overlib('Check Out overLIB\'s full list of features.', HEIGHT, 40, LEFT, ABOVE, SNAPX, 5, SNAPY, 5)" onMouseOut="nd();">Features</a> Please help.

 

[allnodcoms]

Strange about the browser issue. I use Macs to develop web applications and have never encountered a problem with display consistency and overlib... Plenty of other problems obviously, just never overlib.

Couple of suggestions:

First, comment out the 'overDiv' declaration and see if it changes anything. I searched the source for the app I'm working on now and I have it commented out. I'm building my pages from a template that I designed months ago, and while I can't remember an issue there may well have been one, there's been a lot of PHP gone under the bridge since then!

Second, drop all params from the overlib(); call except the basic string and see if this helps. If it works you can add back elements until one of them breaks it and you'll be on your way to isolating the problem.

Couple of questions:

Are you (please say 'No') using framesets?

Are there other div tags on the page?

Hope this has helped, but if not please let me know and I'll see what else I can come up with...

Danny

 

[ms_khw]

Thank you. I am not using framesets and yes there are other div tags on the page. The div tags are found in my nav bar code. I have been playing around with the placement of the overlib code and have finally got the box to show, but now it shows up in the top left corner. The full box with all of the text is there. My html coding is limited to the bare essentials so I am more than just a little lost???.

 

[allnodcoms]

Is this a live page? Can you PM me a link and I'll take a look.

Danny

 

[ms_khw]

No. I do not have a host for my site yet because it is not ready to go online. How can I show you what I've put together?

 

[allnodcoms]

You could PM me the HTML, or post it as code here if don't mind doing that.

Danny