Re: How Do They Do That

It's accomplished using DHTML (which combines HTML, JavaScript and CSS).  =
I'll not go into the details, but it works like this.

You have your website, with hidden layers that hold the "popup" information=
.  When the mouse passes over a link, line of text, etc., a JavaScript =
event is trigged that makes the layer visible.  When the mouse passes off =
the link, line of text, etc., another JavaScript event is triggered that =
makes the layer invisible again.

Hope that helps to at least explain the theory.

Martin

>>> "Ray Henderson" <Ray.Henderson(at)earthlink.net> 07/10/02 12:11PM >>>
An easy question for some of you experts:


I have seen sites (almost always professionally=20
done)  which,  when the cursor is placed=20
over links (usually menu options)  a small pop-up=20
window  appears.  This small window usually=20
displays something along the line of a sub menu,
or possibly a description of what is available if=20
that main menu option is selected. =20


How do thay do that??    I assume it's some sort
of JavaScript thing but am not sure.






Thanks

Ray

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