<style type="text/css"> .clDescriptionCont { position:absolute; width:200px; visibility:hidden; layer-background-color:#cccccc; z-index:200; } .clDescription { width:150px; left:0px; top:0px; font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; border: 1px solid #999999; padding:3px; font-size:11px; background-color:#cccccc; layer-background-color:#cccccc; } .clCaption { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; width:157px; height:15px; clip:rect(0px 157px 15px 0px); font-size:11px; font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:#999999; layer-background-color:#999999; } </style> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> /********************************************************************************** PopupDescriptions * Copyright (C) 2001 Thomas Brattli * This script was released at WOscripts.com * Visit for more great scripts! * This may be used and changed freely as long as this msg is intact! * We will also appreciate any links you could give us. *********************************************************************************/ function lib_bwcheck(){ //Browsercheck (needed) this.ver=navigator.appVersion this.agent=navigator.userAgent this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0 this.opera5=this.agent.indexOf("Opera 5")>-1 this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0; this.ie6=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 6")>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0; this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0; this.ie=this.ie4||this.ie5||this.ie6 this.mac=this.agent.indexOf("Mac")>-1 this.ns6=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0; this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0; this.bw=(this.ie6 || this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns6 || this.opera5) return this } var bw=new lib_bwcheck() /*************************************************************************************** Variables to set: ***************************************************************************************/ messages=new Array() //Write your descriptions in here. messages[0] = "Description of test link 0 asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd" messages[1] = "Description of test link 1 asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd as ds asdasd" messages[2] = "Description of test link 2" messages[3] = "Description of test link 3" messages[4] = '<div class="clCaption">Your caption</div><br>Description of test link 4</div>' //To have more descriptions just add to the array. fromX = 10 //How much from the actual mouse X should the description box appear? fromY = 10 //How much from the actual mouse Y should the description box appear? //To set the font size, font type, border color or remove the border or whatever, //change the clDescription class in the stylesheet. //Makes crossbrowser object. function makeObj(obj){ this.evnt=bw.dom? document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?document.layers[obj]:0; if(!this.evnt) return false this.css=bw.dom||bw.ie4?this.evnt.style:bw.ns4?this.evnt:0; this.wref=bw.dom||bw.ie4?this.evnt:bw.ns4?this.css.document:0; this.writeIt=b_writeIt; return this } // A unit of measure that will be added when setting the position of a layer. var px = bw.ns4||window.opera?"":"px"; function b_writeIt(text){ if (bw.ns4){this.wref.write(text);this.wref.close()} else this.wref.innerHTML = text } //Capturing mousemove var descx = 0 var descy = 0 function popmousemove(e){descx=bw.ns4||bw.ns6?e.pageX:event.x; descy=bw.ns4||bw.ns6?e.pageY:event.y} var oDesc; //Shows the messages function popup(num){ if(oDesc){ oDesc.writeIt('<div class="clDescription">'+messages[num]+'</div>') if(bw.ie5||bw.ie6) descy = descy+document.body.scrollTop oDesc.css.left = (descx+fromX)+px oDesc.css.top = (descy+fromY)+px oDesc.css.visibility = "visible" } } //Hides it function popout(){ if(oDesc) oDesc.css.visibility = "hidden" } function setPopup(){ if(bw.ns4)document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE) document.onmousemove = popmousemove; oDesc = new makeObj('divDescription') } </script> <div id="divDescription" class="clDescriptionCont"> </div> <div id="divLinks" class="clLinks"> <a href=# onmouseover="popup(0)" onmouseout="popout()">test link 0</a> - <a href=# onmouseover="popup(1)" onmouseout="popout()">test link 1</a> - <a href=# onmouseover="popup(2)" onmouseout="popout()">test link 2</a> - <a href=# onmouseover="popup(3)" onmouseout="popout()">test link 3</a> - <a href=# onmouseover="popup(4)" onmouseout="popout()">test link 4</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript">setPopup()</script>