modify tooltip to always display DOWN from trigger

[Diggum1]

I have the following script for a tooltip (I'm using it to display fairly large images). However, when someone has a low enough resolution (or their browser is not maximized) the tooltip sometimes displays UPWARDS (toward the TOP of the browser)from the trigger.

Anyway to modify the script so that the tooltip ALWAYS displays downward from the trigger?

Thanks so much. I can't figure it out.
Rick


var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
verticaloffset=(enablearrowhead)? verticaloffset+arrowheadheight : verticaloffset

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}

function showhide(obj, e){
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
if (e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility="visible"
}

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

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
edgeoffsetx=0
var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffsetx=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
return edgeoffsetx
}
else{
edgeoffsety=0
var topedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //move up?
edgeoffsety=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight+(verticaloffset*2)
return edgeoffsety
}
}

function displayballoontip(obj, e){ //main ballooon tooltip function
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined") //hide previous tooltip?
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
clearhidemenu()
//obj.onmouseout=delayhidemenu
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(obj.getAttribute("rel"))
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")+verticaloffset
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
if (enablearrowhead)
displaytiparrow()
}

function displaytiparrow(){ //function to display optional arrow image associated with tooltip
tiparrow=document.getElementById("arrowhead")
tiparrow.src=(edgeoffsety!=0)? arrowheadimg[0] : arrowheadimg[1]
var ieshadowwidth=(dropmenuobj.filters && dropmenuobj.filters[0])? dropmenuobj.filters[0].Strength-1 : 0
//modify "left" value depending on whether there's no room on right edge of browser to display it, respectively
tiparrow.style.left=(edgeoffsetx!=0)? parseInt(dropmenuobj.style.left)+dropmenuobj.offsetWidth-tiparrow.offsetWidth-10+"px" : parseInt(dropmenuobj.style.left)+5+"px"
//modify "top" value depending on whether there's no room on right edge of browser to display it, respectively
tiparrow.style.top=(edgeoffsety!=0)? parseInt(dropmenuobj.style.top)+dropmenuobj.offsetHeight-tiparrow.offsetHeight-ieshadowwidth+arrowheadheight+"px" : parseInt(dropmenuobj.style.top)-arrowheadheight+"px"
tiparrow.style.visibility="visible"
}

function delayhidemenu(){
delayhide=setTimeout("dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'; dropmenuobj.style.left=0; if (enablearrowhead) tiparrow.style.visibility='hidden'",disappeardelay)
}

function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}

function reltoelement(linkobj){ //tests if a link has "rel" defined and it's the ID of an element on page
var relvalue=linkobj.getAttribute("rel")
return (relvalue!=null && relvalue!="" && document.getElementById(relvalue)!=null && document.getElementById(relvalue).className=="balloonstyle")? true : false
}

function initalizetooltip(){
var all_links=document.getElementsByTagName("a")
if (enablearrowhead){
tiparrow=document.createElement("img")
tiparrow.setAttribute("src", arrowheadimg[0])
tiparrow.setAttribute("id", "arrowhead")
document.body.appendChild(tiparrow)
}
for (var i=0; i<all_links.length; i++){
if (reltoelement(all_links)){ //if link has "rel" defined and it's the ID of an element on page
all_links.onmouseover=function(e){
var evtobj=window.event? window.event : e
displayballoontip(this, evtobj)
}
all_links.onmouseout=delayhidemenu
}
}
}


if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", initalizetooltip, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", initalizetooltip)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=initalizetooltip

 

[kss444]

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