popup location (should be simple)

[verbum]

Using a script to popup message boxes when "onMouseOver"
event occurs.
Problem is that the box pops up at a seamingly random location, sometimes outside the window and thus not visible. I would like the box to open near the
mouse-pointer.

These are the scripts involved:

<!-- Begin
function setupDescriptions()
{
  var x = navigator.appVersion;
  y = x.substring(0,4);
  if (y>=4) setVariables();
}

var x,y,a,b;
function setVariables()
{
  h=&quot;.pixelLeft=&quot;;
  v=&quot;.pixelTop=&quot;;
  dS=&quot;&quot;;
  sD=&quot;.style&quot;;
}

function popLayer(a)
{
  desc = &quot;<table cellpadding=0 border=1 &quot;;
  if (a==0)
  {
    desc += 
    &quot;bgcolor=A7A7FF>    <td> ... Message 1 ...&quot;;
  }
  
 if (a==1)
  {
    desc += 
    &quot;bgcolor=A7A7FF>    <td> Message 2.&quot;;
  }
<!-- etcetera  
  if (a==2)
  {
    desc += 
    &quot;bgcolor=A7FFA7> <td> message 3. &quot;;
  }
...
-->
  desc += &quot;</td></table>&quot;;
  object1.innerHTML=desc;
  eval(dS+&quot;object1&quot;+sD+h+(x+25));
  eval(dS+&quot;object1&quot;+sD+v+y);
}

function hideLayer(a)
{
  object1.innerHTML=&quot;&quot;;
}

function handlerMM(e)
{
 x =  event.clientX;
 y =  event.clientY;
}

document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
//  End -->
</script>

<!-- INVOCATION IN THE body IS AS FOLLOWS:


onMouseOver=&quot;popLayer(1)&quot; onMouseOut=&quot;hideLayer(-50)&quot; 

. . . IN OTHER PARTS popLayer(1) IS REPLACED BY
      popLayer(2)  ETC.

-->

Thanks !

 

[RobSchultz]

Do you have div tags within the html? That can throw off where the popup is place if it is relatively positioned. Also, the clientX, clientY return the mouse position relative to to the inside left corner of the browser window. If the scroll bars aren't at the zero position this will throw off where you place your popup.

Later,

Rob
robschultz@yahoo.com
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