Alt="" Title="" Tooltip for Select Dropdown...

[tryangle]

Is there a way to have a Tooltip box come up over the text window of a Select dropdown menu? I've tried using both alt="Whatever" and title="whatever" on both the Select line and the Option lines...

Also, I'm looking for a way to change the text color of the associated text for Radio Buttons and Checkboxes. I've tried this...

<script>
function changeColor(){
first.style.color='3366ff';
return true;
}
</script>

<form name='help'>
<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; idth=&quot;100%&quot;><tr><td align='center'><input type='radio' name='R1' value='on' onClick=changeColor()><span id='first'>First</span></td></tr></table></form>

That's basically it, I didn't get any error message... but it didn't change the color either... I've still got a lot to learn still... %-)

I sure appreciate those of you who stop by this site to answer questions... I've learned a lot here, Thank You. OK, Who stopped payment on my reality check?

 

[GIGN]

It should work? There must be some other problem - like 2 functions with same name or something.

As for the tooltip - you'll have to make your own out of spans or divs.
b² - benbiddington@surf4nix.com

 

[jaredn]

bangers,

Unfortunately, a span or div won't move over a select box, as they are opaque windowed controls. One solution is using scriptlets (an IE only, encapsulation technology: more on them at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/components/scriptlet/overview/overview.asp

) or to dynamically push content into an iframe, and be sure to set the z-index of the iframe higher than the select box ( I think that will work in IE5/mozilla) jaredn@eae.net -

http://webfx.eae.net

 

[tryangle]

Thanks script.coders.all for your input...

The scriptlet stuff sounds interesting... where can I see one and get an idea how they are written and how they run? I visited the link there at microsoft, read their material, followed a couple of links there... but I haven't really gotten the concept yet. I'll go ahead and run 'scriptlet' through a couple of search engines... but if you know of a particularly good example- would you pass it along here? %-) OK, Who stopped payment on my reality check?

 

[tsdragon]

Check out javascript.com and see if they have any code for tooltips.


BTW, my reality check bounced!
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