Link Descriptions

[pliskin]

I was wondering if anybody could tell me the html code that allows a description of the link to be in a certain place when the user places the cursor over it. I don't mean the alt tag i mean where there is a set place for the description to be.

I hope people understand that and any replies are graetly appreciated.

[mairving]

There is an href attribute called title. Use would be like so:
<a href ="somelink" title="some text"> Some older browsers don't support it too well. I think maybe Netscape 4 but all current ones should.

[pliskin]

no its not that one. Thats like the alt tag.

Thanks for the reply anyway.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

Is the link text what you mean?
Thats:

<a href="somelink">Description (What you want to appear)</a>

That will make a link that points to somelink and the user will see "Description (What you want to appear)".

HTH

[Force Flow]

This?

PHP Code:

<a href="http:///" title="tool tip text">link text</a> 


link text

Or this?

PHP Code:

<img src="http://forum.pcmech.com/images/usf261.gif" alt="This is a Flag" width="68" height="50"> 


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[kram 2.0]

Do you mean this? I found this at Dynamic Drive - it's JavaScript:

PHP Code:

<script>

//Link Description script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
//For full source code and TOS, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

//change link descriptions to your own. Extend as needed
var linktext=new Array()
linktext[0]="Visit Dynamic Drive for some great DHTML scripts!"
linktext[1]="JavaScript Kit, the JavaScript technology center"
linktext[2]="Direct link to hundreds of free java applets online"
linktext[3]="Research information, get homework help, chat with educators"
linktext[4]="The virtual encyclopedia"
linktext[5]="Your online dictionary"

var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
var ie=document.all

function show_text(thetext, whichdiv){
if (ie) eval("document.all."+whichdiv).innerHTML=linktext[thetext]
else if (ns6) document.getElementById(whichdiv).innerHTML=linktext[thetext]
}

function resetit(whichdiv){
if (ie) eval("document.all."+whichdiv).innerHTML=' '
else if (ns6) document.getElementById(whichdiv).innerHTML=' '
}

</script>

<!-- show_text(index# of linktext[] to show, ID of div to write to) -->

<p>
<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com" onMouseover="show_text(0,'div1')" 
onMouseout="resetit('div1')">Dynamic Drive</a> | 
<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com" onMouseover="show_text(1,'div1')" 
onMouseout="resetit('div1')">JavaScript Kit</a> | 
<a href="http://www.freewarejava.com" onMouseover="show_text(2,'div1')" 
onMouseout="resetit('div1')">Freewarejava</a> 

<span id="div1"> </span>

<p>
<a href="http://encarta.msn.com/" onMouseover="show_text(3,'div2')" onMouseout="resetit('div2')">Encarta</a> | 
<a href="http://britannica.com/" onMouseover="show_text(4,'div2')" onMouseout="resetit('div2')">Britannica</a> | 
<a href="http://www.dictionary.com" onMouseover="show_text(5,'div2')" onMouseout="resetit('div2')">Dictionary.com</a> 

<i><span id="div2"> </span></i> 


The first part assigns all the link description texts to an array - variable "linktext". Then, the links do an "onMouseOver" script, literally recalling the array defined before. Then, onMouseOut, it resets.


Hope that helps,
kram