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[_] best way to do 'tool tips' thingies

juan kennaugh contact at jkennaugh.co.uk
Fri Jul 21 12:31:21 BST 2006

I know I could do that - but I must admit, I'm doing a really nice site
so I just want to add that little extra niceness in the details.

I know it's naughty - but I'm treating myslef cos it's friday.

juan


Alastair Moore wrote:

> The ALT tag should make a tool tip appear in IE (and possibly
> Firefox). You should be able to also use the title parameter, which
> will work for other browsers.
>
> On 21 Jul 2006, at 11:41, juan kennaugh wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm wanting to make people's names appear in a tool tip type bubble
>> when you mouse over their thumbnail in a profile page.
>>
>> I know there's loads of ways to do it - but can anyone recommend
>> their 'best way' - minimum code, minimum fuss, semantic as possible etc?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Juan
>>
>>
>>
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