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How do I show a description of an option in a select box, when the mouse is over the option?

Aug 31st, 2000 07:19
Martin Honnen, merav maoz,

Only NN6 seems to fire onmouseover events for OPTION elements, IE4/5 
not. Here is an NN6 example which sets the TITLE attribute of the 
containing SELECT element:
<FORM NAME="formName">
<SELECT NAME="selectName" SIZE="5">
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">1 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">2 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">3 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">4 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">5 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">6 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">7 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">8 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">9 Kibology
</SELECT>
<BR>
<SELECT NAME="selectName">
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">1 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">2 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">3 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">4 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">5 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">6 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">7 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">8 Kibology
<OPTION ONMOUSEOVER="this.parentNode.title = this.text">9 Kibology
</SELECT>
</FORM>