website operation questions?

Question

Hello,

I have been on websites where I put my mouse on a word and a little box pops up under it and give me a definition.

What is that called and how can I do it?

Answer 1

like this ?

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/imagetooltip.htm

or this one?

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex5/linkfloaties.htm

Answer 2

go to that website again. on menu bar click view -> source. Search the source with ".js", it should be a path to the javascript file. copy that path and open a new window. on the new window's address bar paste that path and click go. It should open the javascript source if you use firefox, or it will tell you if you want to download it in internet explorer. Repeat the process until you have download all the javascript files. you can read over the files and see if you understand it. If you don't understand then you should learn javascript first, otherwise just modify the code a bit and use it as your own. No one will ever know you just copy and paste the code.

Answer 3

That is called a tooltip, or a java script or even dynamic html but most likely it is a tool tip.

If you are looking as a designer to put this on your website I will include a cool website that has lots of little scripts like this.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Have fun!

Answer 4

It is called differenly in different front end tools (the tools used to create it). In microsoft tools like Visual basic it is called "tool tip text" as others have mentioned. In Oracle Developer it is called "Baloon Help". If u want to create it on ur web page, best is to use java script.
If u need further help , visit our website at http://defttips.googlepages.com/ and mail ur question to defttips.gmail.com

Answer 5

In HTML it's an Acronym tag. It is really simpler than most posters tell you.

Try the instructions here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_acronym.asp

You can also do it in CSS.