Problem with Script in Mozilla 1

[kelly5518]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on a problem I'm having with a "Description Layer Script" that I found at

http://javascript.internet.com/messages/description-layer.html.

I'm using it to display definitions for terms found on a page, but the terms don't link to another page, so I just want it to display onMouseOver so I tried to use the following code:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onMouseOver="popLayer(1)" onMouseOut="hideLayer(-50)">

Unfortunately, although it works fine in IE, it doesn't do anything in Firefox (v. 1.04) or Netscape (v. 7.02) (no errors, it just doesn't display the definition layer.)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[jemminger]

looks to be an older poorly written script... there's errors all over firefox's javascript console. try something like overlib instead:

http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big

 

[kelly5518]

Thank you Jeff.

I just assumed that the problem was because I changed some of the script in the anchor tag so that I could use the tooltip on mouseover and not have the link go anywhere, but now I see that the original script didn't work in Netscape or Firefox either, although I didn't get any errors, so maybe the default setting in Firefox and Netscape is to not display errors.

Anyway, I'm working on using the one you suggested, so thanks for the link. I'll let you know how it works out.

 

[kelly5518]

Ok, I have it working except I'm having trouble customizing the colors. Nothing I do in the script (changing the variable "ol_bgcolor") or using inline styles applied to the overDiv id seems to affect it.

Thanks for any tips.

 

[jemminger]

have you checked out the documentation? there's an example of different fonts and colors here:

http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/?Features

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big

 

[kelly5518]

Hi,

Yeah, I saw that, but I really wanted to set the defaults because it's being used for a bunch of legal terms on a bunch of different pages, and I don't want to have to code each link like that.

I must be missing something because it says on #7 here:

http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/?Documentation

... that you can change the defaults in overlib.js under the Default Configuration setting. That's where I tried changing the variable "ol_bgcolor", but it didn't affect anything.

 

[jemminger]

read the command reference for "colors, fonts and images"

http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/?Command_Reference

ol_fgcolor is probably the property you want to change


-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big

 

[kelly5518]

I figured it out. :-\ I had specified white as the background color for all tables since the page background wasn't white. This caused the overlib popup to be white even though I changed the default color for ol_fgcolor in the script.

Anyway, thanks very much for your time Jeff, and for pointing to me the script in the first place.

 

[jemminger]

no problem - glad you got it working

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
i like your sleeves...they're real big