Modify Tooltip Styles

[Michael]

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or title
in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring yellow box.
I would like to make it a little more friendly. But I'm thinking that this
is part of the browser's hardcoded information. Am I wrong?

[David Dorward]

Michael wrote:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags?
Short answer: No
Long answer: Use JavaScript to remove the attribute on mouseover and display
a styled piece of HTML instead. Be _very_ careful if you decide to do this
with the alt attribute, it isn't designed to be rendered as a tooltip and
removing it onmouseover could cause problems for users of (for instance)
screen readers.
I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box.
Yellow? Its off-white! (Actually, it is a system preference, configure your
system to display tooltips differently if you want).
I would like to make it a little more friendly. But I'm
thinking that this is part of the browser's hardcoded information. Am I
wrong?

Depends on the browser. IE/win32 for example takes it from the Windows
system settings.

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[Evertjan.]

Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box. I would like to make it a little more friendly. But I'm
thinking that this is part of the browser's hardcoded information. Am
I wrong?

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

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Michael]

Thank you both for your responses. And thank you Evertjan for the link. That
is a cool idea, exactly what I was looking for. I'll try that out.

Michael

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Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box. I would like to make it a little more friendly. But I'm
thinking that this is part of the browser's hardcoded information. Am
I wrong?

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

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[kchayka]

Evertjan. wrote:

Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box.

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

Ugh, overlib

This thing is horrible from a usability standpoint.

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[Vladdy]

kchayka wrote:

Evertjan. wrote:

Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosyst ems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box.

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

Ugh, overlib

This thing is horrible from a usability standpoint.

What about www.klproductions.com/kltooltips.html
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Vladdy
http://www.klproductions.com

[Michael]

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kchayka wrote:

Evertjan. wrote:

Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosyst ems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
yellow box.

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

Ugh, overlib

This thing is horrible from a usability standpoint.
I see what you mean, now. I've been testing it out, and being that I'm not a
javascript expert, it's not as easy as I read it to be.

What about www.klproductions.com/kltooltips.html

$65 for a single license? Are you out your mind?


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Vladdy
http://www.klproductions.com

[Vladdy]

Michael wrote:

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kchayka wrote:

Evertjan. wrote:

Michael wrote on 11 mei 2004 in
comp.infosy stems.www.authoring.stylesheets:
>Is there any way to modify the tooltip that shows up when using alt or
>title in <img> or <a> tags? I don't like the stock tooltip, the boring
>yellow box.

<http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/>
Ugh, overlib

This thing is horrible from a usability standpoint.

I see what you mean, now. I've been testing it out, and being that I'm not a
javascript expert, it's not as easy as I read it to be.

What about www.klproductions.com/kltooltips.html

$65 for a single license? Are you out your mind?

You are welcome to go ahead with overlib and spend couple of days
polluting your code with "onmouseove rs" and "onmouseout "s, but I guess
your time is of little value... *rolleyes*

--
Vladdy
http://www.klproductions.com

[Evertjan.]

Vladdy wrote on 12 mei 2004 in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets:

You are welcome to go ahead with overlib and spend couple of days
polluting your code with "onmouseove rs" and "onmouseout "s, but I guess
your time is of little value... *rolleyes*

I use overlib for years now.

With little serverside [asp] coding your precious time can be drasticly
reduced:

<a
<%=overlib("Thi s is an overlib tooltip,<br>for sure!")%>
href="..">
go there</a>

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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[Alan J. Flavell]

On Wed, 12 May 2004, Evertjan. wrote:

With little serverside [asp] coding your precious time can be drasticly
reduced:

What are the consequences for the cacheability of your served pages?