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Menu popup script only works in Chrome

Hi all,

I have this script that is supposed to show a popup balloon when you mouseover a link. It works great in Chrome but doesn’t work in IE. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Cedric

[COLOR=”Red”]index.html:[/COLOR]
[COLOR=”Black”]<head>
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”help.css” type=”text/css”>
</head>
<div id=”dhtmltooltip”></div>
<table align=”center” cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>
<tr>
<td colspan=”2″ height=”3″></td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td width=”30″ valign=”middle”><a href=”javascript:void(0)” onMouseOver=”javascript:ddrivetip(‘ENTER TEXT HERE’)” onMouseOut=”javascript:hideddrivetip()”><img src=”help.gif” border=”0″ align=”right”></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<script language=”JavaScript” src=”help.js”></script>[/COLOR]

[COLOR=”Red”]help.css:[/COLOR]
[COLOR=”Black”]#dhtmltooltip
{
position: absolute;
width: 225px;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 2px;
background-color: lightgreen;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
filter: progid?XImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=gray,direction=135);
}[/COLOR]

[COLOR=”Red”]help.js[/COLOR]
[COLOR=”Black”]var offsetxpoint=-60 //Customize x offset of tooltip
var offsetypoint=20 //Customize y offset of tooltip
var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById && !document.all
var enabletip=false
if (ie||ns6)
var tipobj=document.all? document.all[“dhtmltooltip”] : document.getElementById? document.getElementById(“dhtmltooltip”) : “”

function ietruebody(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!=”BackCompat”)? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function ddrivetip(thetext, thecolor, thewidth){
if (ns6||ie){
if (typeof thewidth!=”undefined”) tipobj.style.width=thewidth+”px”
if (typeof thecolor!=”undefined” && thecolor!=””) tipobj.style.backgroundColor=thecolor
tipobj.innerHTML=thetext
enabletip=true
return false
}
}

function positiontip(e){
if (enabletip){
var curX=(ns6)?e.pageX : event.x+ietruebody().scrollLeft;
var curY=(ns6)?e.pageY : event.y+ietruebody().scrollTop;
//Find out how close the mouse is to the corner of the window
var rightedge=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth-event.clientX-offsetxpoint : window.innerWidth-e.clientX-offsetxpoint-20
var bottomedge=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight-event.clientY-offsetypoint : window.innerHeight-e.clientY-offsetypoint-20

var leftedge=(offsetxpoint<0)? offsetxpoint*(-1) : -1000

//if the horizontal distance isn’t enough to accomodate the width of the context menu
if (rightedge<tipobj.offsetWidth)
//move the horizontal position of the menu to the left by it’s width
tipobj.style.left=ie? ietruebody().scrollLeft+event.clientX-tipobj.offsetWidth+”px” : window.pageXOffset+e.clientX-tipobj.offsetWidth+”px”
else if (curX<leftedge)
tipobj.style.left=”5px”
else
//position the horizontal position of the menu where the mouse is positioned
tipobj.style.left=curX+offsetxpoint+”px”

//same concept with the vertical position
if (bottomedge<tipobj.offsetHeight)
tipobj.style.top=ie? ietruebody().scrollTop+event.clientY-tipobj.offsetHeight-offsetypoint+”px” : window.pageYOffset+e.clientY-tipobj.offsetHeight-offsetypoint+”px”
else
tipobj.style.top=curY+offsetypoint+”px”
tipobj.style.visibility=”visible”
}
}

function hideddrivetip(){
if (ns6||ie){
enabletip=false
tipobj.style.visibility=”hidden”
tipobj.style.left=”-1000px”
tipobj.style.backgroundColor=”
tipobj.style.width=”
}
}

document.onmousemove=positiontip

function onClick_NCAGE(ol, value){
document.frmMain.hidNCAGE.value = value;

if (ol==’F’)
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_NCAGEDetails_f.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}
else
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_NCAGEDetails_e.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}

}

function onClick_EAC(ol, value){
document.frmMain.hidEAC.value = value;

if (ol==’F’)
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/EAC_Details_f.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}
else
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/EAC_Details_e.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}

}

function onClick_ERN(ol, value){
document.frmMain.hidERN.value = value;

if (ol==’F’)
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/ERN_Details_f.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}
else
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/ERN_Details_e.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}

}

function onClick_New(ol)
{
if (ol==’F’)
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_Search_f.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit()
}
else
{
document.frmMain.action = “/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_Search_e.asp”;
document.frmMain.submit();
}
}

function onClick_Print(ol, value)
{
if (ol==’F’)
{
window.open(“/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_Print_f.asp?NSN=” + value, “CGCSPrint”, “width=600,height=500,top=150,left=150,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no”);
}
else
{
window.open(“/DTICS/SITE/CGCS_Print_e.asp?NSN=” + value, “CGCSPrint”, “width=600,height=500,top=150,left=150,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no”);
}
}[/COLOR]

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@FangSep 23.2010 — Works in IE7/8. Which version does it not work for you?
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@cedric813authorSep 25.2010 — It doesn't work in ie8 for me. version 8.0.7600.16385
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