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[SIZE=3][B]I am trying to customize the tool tips when a visitor hovers over a link.
I want to be able to control the size, background, text size/color.
Can anyone help me?
Is there a way to do this through CSS or maybe JavaScript.
Thanks for the help. ? [/B]
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@KeveyNov 08.2005 — Here's an example...the shadows don't work in Fire Fox though.

[CODE]<html><head>
<style type="text/css">

#dhtmltooltip{
position: absolute;
width: 300px;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #cccccc;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
/*Remove below line to remove shadow. Below line should always appear last within this CSS*/
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#9999cc,direction=120);
}

</style></head>
<body>

<div id="dhtmltooltip"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Cool DHTML tooltip script- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var offsetxpoint=150 //Customize x offset of tooltip
var offsetypoint=-10 //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.clientX+ietruebody().scrollLeft;
var curY=(ns6)?e.pageY : event.clientY+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

</script>

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" onMouseover="ddrivetip('Visit Yahoo.com and learn about everything they have to offer!')";
onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Search Engine</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" onMouseover="ddrivetip('Visit this link and do something else!')";
onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Search Engine</a><br>

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" onMouseover="ddrivetip('who knows what this link does!')";
onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Search Engine</a><br>

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" onMouseover="ddrivetip('this link will never work. or maybe it will. i am confused.!')";
onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Search Engine</a><br>

</body></html>[/CODE]
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