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    onMouseOver event - Question

    Hi, I am cross posting this because I'm not really sure which area (HTML/DHTML,
    Javascript, CSS, etc.) I need to post this question in. I'm also fairly new to
    all this - please bare with me.

    I have a table with two columns and two rows in it. In the upper left corner, I
    have a logo image for my company. In the top right column/cell, I have some
    navigational stuff, no big deal. In the left cell in the 2nd row, I have a list
    of anchors of different songs I am producing - something like this:

    <A HREF="jamison.m p3">Jamison</A>
    <A HREF="tlw.mp3"> The Long Winter</A>
    <A HREF="summer.mp 3">It's Summertime</A>
    ....
    ....

    The cell on the right, 2nd row is empty at the start.

    On the 2nd row, 1st cell, where the anchors are, on a "mouse over" event, I'd
    like to display song lyrics and information regarding the song in the right
    cell, 2nd row as the user moves the mouse over a given anchor.

    What is the best way for me to do this? There are a couple of things/issues I
    can think of right away:

    1) Let's say there are 20 anchors in the left column. Let's say that some of
    the songs' lyrics are quite lengthy and extend past the height of the cell at
    row 2, left column. How would the system know this in advance (this will make
    more sense with question #2 below)? Perhaps tell it some type of maximum height
    you know will never be reached or something?

    2) To me it doesn't make a lot of sense to include all this text in the main
    HTML file since a majority of the time, the user(s) will never move their mouse
    across ALL the anchors, only one or two. Seems to me there should be some way
    of "loading" them as soon as the mouse over event occurs.

    Any help with this would be appreciated. To respond via email, please remove
    the NOSPAM literal from my address.

    thanks,
    Frank Wood


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      Re: onMouseOver event - Question


      "Frank Wood" <FrankRW007@NOS PAMnetscape.net > wrote in message
      news:vSWdnXcKlt RdrMiiU-KYgg@comcast.co m...
      | Hi, I am cross posting this because I'm not really sure which area
      (HTML/DHTML,
      | Javascript, CSS, etc.) I need to post this question in. I'm also fairly
      new to
      | all this - please bare with me.
      |

      Er. Okay.

      | I have a table with two columns and two rows in it. In the upper left
      corner, I
      | have a logo image for my company. In the top right column/cell, I have
      some
      | navigational stuff, no big deal. In the left cell in the 2nd row, I have a
      list
      | of anchors of different songs I am producing - something like this:
      |
      | <A HREF="jamison.m p3">Jamison</A>
      | <A HREF="tlw.mp3"> The Long Winter</A>
      | <A HREF="summer.mp 3">It's Summertime</A>
      | ...
      | ...
      |
      | The cell on the right, 2nd row is empty at the start.
      |

      Okay.

      | On the 2nd row, 1st cell, where the anchors are, on a "mouse over" event,
      I'd
      | like to display song lyrics and information regarding the song in the
      right
      | cell, 2nd row as the user moves the mouse over a given anchor.

      Why not just put this information in the title attribute of the links? You
      could then optionally change the innerHTML or innerText property of the
      bottom right cell to the title text (use the onmouseover and onmouseout
      events of the anchor element.)

      |
      | What is the best way for me to do this? There are a couple of
      things/issues I
      | can think of right away:
      |
      | 1) Let's say there are 20 anchors in the left column. Let's say that some
      of
      | the songs' lyrics are quite lengthy and extend past the height of the cell
      at
      | row 2, left column. How would the system know this in advance (this will
      make

      Rows are all the same height in the scenario described above. The second
      row would adjust accordingly to fit the new text.

      | more sense with question #2 below)? Perhaps tell it some type of maximum
      height
      | you know will never be reached or something?
      |
      | 2) To me it doesn't make a lot of sense to include all this text in the
      main
      | HTML file since a majority of the time, the user(s) will never move their
      mouse
      | across ALL the anchors, only one or two. Seems to me there should be some
      way
      | of "loading" them as soon as the mouse over event occurs.

      Don't bother with this unless the extra text is massive in length. If it
      is, clip it and have a link to the rest.



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