Tool Tip dilemma [Archive]

Elleth

12-09-2003, 04:34 PM

I designed this site using the the <title> tag to display the descriptions for the various projects in our IT portfolio.

http://mcapps05/purpleteam/portfolio.html

My boss has asked that I have the descriptions display for longer then the default 4 seconds. Any suggestions on how to do this without completely redesigning the site?

matauri

12-09-2003, 08:25 PM

I can't seem to get link to work Elleth.

Cindy

mikmik

12-09-2003, 11:23 PM

Ya, no top level domain in URI!! ( .com, .net, etc.)

starrwriter

12-10-2003, 02:17 AM

I designed this site using the the <title> tag to display the descriptions for the various projects in our IT portfolio.

http://mcapps05/purpleteam/portfolio.html

My boss has asked that I have the descriptions display for longer then the default 4 seconds. Any suggestions on how to do this without completely redesigning the site?

Dead link you gave, but the only way I know of is a DHTML script you can use free from http://www.dynamicdrive.com

Elleth

12-10-2003, 09:59 AM

Oops!
Try this link:
http://mcapps05.mc.vanderbilt.edu/purpleteam/portfolio.html
I've looked on dynamicdrive.com but cant find a solution that doesnt require total redesign of the site.

matauri

12-10-2003, 11:00 AM

Elleth....if you go to this part of your source code, I think this might help you.

<div id="object1" style="position:absolute; background-color:#CCCC99;color:black;border-color:black;border-width:20; visibility:show; left:25px; top:-100px; z-index:+1" onmouseover="overdiv=1;" onmouseout="overdiv=0; setTimeout('hideLayer()',2000)">
pop up description layer
</div>

I am pretty sure that if you increase the timeout it will improve.

:-)

Cindy

Elleth

12-10-2003, 11:15 AM

Thanks for the suggestion Cindy, but that snippet of code determines the amount of time for the first pop-up.

This is the "tool-tip" piece:
<a title='Planning for the occupancy of the hospital space vacated by the move to Childrens Hospital'>

I've talked to several of the developers here and they all say that I need to redesign the site if I want the descriptions to show for longer then 4 seconds, which is generally the browser default for tool tip text.

Narasinha

12-10-2003, 11:33 AM

I've talked to several of the developers here and they all say that I need to redesign the site if I want the descriptions to show for longer then 4 seconds, which is generally the browser default for tool tip text.
As far as I know, there is no way to determine the length that the browser displays the title attribute on mouseover, if it displays at all. Opera, for instance, keeps the text up as long as the mouse is over that particular text, so it has the effect you want. Mozilla's Firebird has the same time issue as IE, and only diplays the first 88 characters.

The only way that I see as feasible is to make a "submenu" of sorts. This would mean having a secondary "popup" like the first for each particular item in the list. Unfortunately, I think this would entail a lot of rewriting.

matauri

12-10-2003, 11:55 AM

I'd be more worried about users getting impatient with the menu, and not even getting that far :-)

Personally, I would be more tempted to use a mouseover effect for the amount of information that it holds.

Cindy

Elleth

12-10-2003, 12:19 PM

This site was designed for 12 people, they're the only ones who look at it, so far the only frustration point is the darn tool tip and that's only coming from one person.
Unless I get more requests to change the time on the tool tip I think I'll just let it slide.
It's not worth redesigning the entire site for one person.

Thanks for all your input!