Re: How do I do this?

by Norman Bunn <norman.bunn(at)craftedsolutions.com>

Date:	Fri, 05 Sep 2003 10:20:00 -0400
To:	"Johnson, Mark AD-Staff" <JohnsonM(at)issaquah.wednet.edu>, "'hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org '" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
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At 09:40 AM 9/5/2003, Johnson, Mark    AD-Staff wrote:
>I would like to add a glossary to one of my sites.  I'd like to have a
>definition for a term appear when the user hovers over the term.  I picture
>this as something similar to the 'tool tips' in an MS Office application.
>
>I've tried and can't make somthing like this.  How do I do this?
>
>Thanks much.
>
>Mark

One way to handle this is to add a span tag around the item with a title 
associated with it.

<span title="stuff to know">information</span>

Of course, you may want to change the color by applying a style to the tag 
via a class or inline.

Norman

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