Q367 How can I open get a new window to pop up when the mouse rolls over a certain plain text word?

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Q367 How can I open get a new window to pop up when the mouse rolls over a certain plain text word?

To open a window you need an event to be triggered. A link has an onMouseOver event that can be used to open a window. Normal text does not have any associated event handlers that you can use.

You can make a link look like normal text by altering the style of the text but only in browsers that support Cascading Style Sheets.

You can in Netscape Navigator 4 and Internet Explorer 4 use layers to hold text. The layers have event handlers, i.e. onMouseOver that can be used to open windows.

Take a look at the article What is So Dynamic About Dynamic HTML? for further information.

Feedback on 'Q367 How can I open get a new window to pop up when the mouse rolls over a certain plain text word?'

• May 01, 2002 at 17:57:21: Jeff Summers