I am playing with the onmouseover
event in javascript
I would like a little box to pop up and remain up until there is no onmouseover
anymore
I think it's called a description box, but I am not sure.
How do I get a little box to pop up with custom text when I put my mouse over certain text, and disappear once I move the mouse to a different object..?
Assuming popup
is the ID of your "description box":
HTML
<div id="parent">
This is the main container.
<div id="popup" style="display: none">some text here</div>
</div>
JavaScript
var e = document.getElementById('parent');
e.onmouseover = function() {
document.getElementById('popup').style.display = 'block';
}
e.onmouseout = function() {
document.getElementById('popup').style.display = 'none';
}
Alternatively you can get rid of JavaScript entirely and do it just with CSS:
CSS
#parent #popup {
display: none;
}
#parent:hover #popup {
display: block;
}
Although not necessarily a JavaScript solution, there is also a "title" global tag attribute that may be helpful.
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3559467/description-box-on-mouseover" title="This is a mouseover title">Mouseover me</a>
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Well, I made a simple two liner script for this, Its small and does what u want.
Check it
http://jsfiddle.net/9RxLM/
Its a jquery solution :D
I'd try doing this with jQuery's .hover() event handler system, it makes it easy to show a div with the tooltip when the mouse is over the text, and hide it once it's gone.
Here's a simple example.
HTML:
<p id="testText">Some Text</p>
<div id="tooltip">Tooltip Hint Text</div>
Basic CSS:
#tooltip {
display:none;
border:1px solid #F00;
width:150px;
}
jQuery:
$("#testText").hover(
function(e){
$("#tooltip").show();
},
function(e){
$("#tooltip").hide();
});
This an old question but for people still looking. In JS you can now use the title
property.
button.title = ("Popup text here");