yahoo new mouseovers

[bsanderson@absoftware.com]

I am trying to build the same text link mouseover as yahoo has on each
news item. when you hover over the link, a small box pops up and
displays a photo wtih text.

I can get the box to pop up, but I can get it to position away from the
mouse icon. I want the menu box to display 25 pix down and 10 to the
right of the mouse icon on the hover.

I have tried using fixed, absolute etc css position on the menu but it
will not position correctly.

thanks

[Els]

Re: yahoo new mouseovers

bsanderson@abso ftware.com wrote:
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> I am trying to build the same text link mouseover as yahoo has on each
> news item. when you hover over the link, a small box pops up and
> displays a photo wtih text.
>
> I can get the box to pop up, but I can get it to position away from the
> mouse icon. I want the menu box to display 25 pix down and 10 to the
> right of the mouse icon on the hover.
>
> I have tried using fixed, absolute[/color]

Those wouldn not work.
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>etc css position[/color]

Does that include position:relati ve?
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> on the menu[/color]

position:relati ve should be on the 'popup', not on the menu.
It could work with position:absolu te on the 'popup' in combination
with position:relati ve on each menu item, but that usually is a bit
over the top and may result in various other problems.
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> but it will not position correctly.[/color]

Does it now?
If not - provide a URL so people can see what is happening.

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Re: yahoo new mouseovers

bsanderson@abso ftware.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I can get the box to pop up, but I can get it to position away from the
> mouse icon. I want the menu box to display 25 pix down and 10 to the
> right of the mouse icon on the hover.[/color]

Either post a question on a DHTML newsgroup or search for a DHTML tutorial on
obtaining the user's current mouse position.