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Aug 05.2005

I’m looking for a way to make text popup after hovering over a segment of text. Similar to the alt tag for an image but I want to attach it to a section of text or a table cell. Can anyone give me some advice on how to do this? thanks.

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@JPnycAug 05.2005 — To have this work in all browsers you'll need to use Javascript. I'll move this to the javascript forum.
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@FangAug 05.2005 — <p title="alphabet">abc...z</p>
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@hwttdzauthorAug 05.2005 — Sweet, thanks.
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@00110111Aug 05.2005 — Is there a JS solution that also allows for more complex things to be placed in the "bubble" that appears on the hover? EG., text with emphasis, pics, tables, etc...
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