On-screen Popup Notes - hover on a form element

[peterinwa]

Using title, I am able to get the browser to display text when the cursor hovers over a form element. Three examples:

<input type='button' value='Calculate' title='Calculate the Selected Food Item' onClick='parent.create.Calculate()'>

<input type='text' title='Enter a Text String' size=15 maxlength=25 border=1>

<select title='Select Number of Items Here' onChange='parent.create.setItems()'>
0 selected>Number of Items
1>Item 1
2>Items 1-3
3>Items 1-6
</select>

The problem is that the last example, title with a drop down menu, only works with Netscape and not with Internet Explorer.

Any ideas? Thanks, Peter

[BlobFisk]

Hi peterinwa,

Looks like another case of IE not implementing the full standard. title is a valid W3C attribute for both select and option. You could use a dHTML alternative if it is really vital.