I have been using overlib (javascript library) to create popups on
mouseover but it has issues with some browsers.
I just need something simple and was wondering if any had any
suggestions.
I needed something very simple and flexible, so I put this in my
app.html.erb:
this in app.js
function info(obj, msg){
if (msg) {
$(‘info_bubble’).innerHTML = msg;
$(‘info_bubble’).style.top = obj.y + ‘px’
$(‘info_bubble’).style.left = 30 + obj.x + ‘px’
$(‘info_bubble’).style.visibility = ‘visible’;
} else { $(‘info_bubble’).style.visibility = ‘hidden’ }
}
this is app.css
#info_bubble {
opacity: .80;
filter: alpha(opacity=80);
position:absolute;
border:1px #333 solid;
visibility:hidden;
font-size:10px;
font-family: verdana;
color:#000;
font-weight:bold;
background:#85a5d6;
padding:5px;
}
and added the tag on the object :onMouseOver => “info(this,
‘download’)”, :onMouseOut => “info()”
it worked for me, but I have the bad habit to do everything in house…
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Scott K.
[email protected] wrote:
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Emanuele T.
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4955 Narragansett Ave Apt #9
San Diego Ca 92107-3157
cool thanks i’ll test it out this week!
Scott K. wrote:
cool thanks i’ll test it out this week!
i just got it working. i like it because it’s so simple but is there
anyway to have the popup show up at the mouse pointer instead of a fixed
location?
i dont know javascript very well offhand.
also, it looks like it’s getting invalid argument on IE7 
I did not try it on god-damn-IE… =)
you should modify the js part with code from this example
CodeLifter – Coding Hub,
the script was originally based on mouse position, but I thought it
was annoying…
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Scott K.
[email protected] wrote:
also, it looks like it’s getting invalid argument on IE7
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Emanuele T.
+1 (619) 549 3230
4955 Narragansett Ave Apt #9
San Diego Ca 92107-3157
Emanuele T. wrote:
I did not try it on god-damn-IE… =)
you should modify the js part with code from this example
CodeLifter – Coding Hub,
the script was originally based on mouse position, but I thought it
was annoying…
hmm…looks like the link is redirecting to their homepage. i’ll take a
look around the site.
title= tag attributes maybe?