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How can I get a tooltip for a FORM element, e.g. a checkbox?

Apr 23rd, 2003 13:03
Nel MS, Martin Honnen, Markus Finiefs, Nel MS

Just like the person said below, put the TITLE attribute on ALMOST 
ANYTHING you want a tooltip from:
<p title="this is a paragraph">
<table title="this is a table">
Also, a neat trick is to implement a return ie. have 2 lines of 
sentences in a tooltip. See this:
<input type="checkbox" title="(my website)
welcome to my website">
Did you notice that I pressed ENTER after the (my website)...? This 
would result in a tooltip that displays:
[-----------------------]
[ (my website)          ]
[ welcome to my website ]
[-----------------------]
(Nel MS)
P.S.: Tooltips are a hassle; you'd have to tell your visitors such 
as "tooltips will pop-up if you put mouse over any item and wait 2 
seconds".
I suggest the use of Overlib by Bosrup, an instant popup tooltip. Go 
search in Google for that.
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NN6 and IE4+ allow that easily with the TITLE attribute:
<FORM NAME="formName">
Do you believe in GOD?
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="god" VALUE="Kibo" TITLE="Kibo is GOD">
</FORM>
With NN4 and many complications you can use layers to provide a 
tooltip. Check
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2338/fid/128