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minidiapolis
post Sep 3 2006, 04:00 PM
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Hello, I'm taking an intro to web design class. (the next unit we will cover will be CSS to give some idea of where I am at in the process.) In a frameset page, sometimes if you hold the mouse over a menu button, it displays the content of that folder. is that considered rollover behavior? Mindy
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Christian J
post Sep 3 2006, 04:11 PM
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It might. "Rollover behavior" is more or less anything caused by placing your mouse over an element.
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post Sep 3 2006, 07:29 PM
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How could I have it show the contents of the menus when the mouse is over them?
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post Sep 3 2006, 07:34 PM
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I think what you're referring to is dynamic html or DHTML for short

Usually javascript that shows submenus of the main menu that appear when you mouse over them.

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post Sep 3 2006, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE(minidiapolis @ Sep 3 2006, 07:29 PM) *
How could I have it show the contents of the menus when the mouse is over them?

Simple, just use the title attribute.

example:

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<a href="mypage.html" title="my page">my page</a>

For images and objects you can use the alt and longdesc attributes.

Would you also try to write your code with Accessibility in mind too please.

So the above code (made accessible to disabled people) would look something like this:

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<a href="mypage.html" title="my page" accesskey="h" tab="0">my page</a>

Translated into english that means the following;

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accesskey="h"

means that users can use the Alt and h keys to select this particular link.

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tab="0"

Simply means that this link is first in the tab order (pressing the tab key will scroll through the tab order you have created for each page).

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post Sep 3 2006, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE(driminal @ Sep 3 2006, 10:15 PM) *

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tab="0"

Simply means that this link is first in the tab order (pressing the tab key will scroll through the tab order you have created for each page).


There's no tab attribute; you mean tabindex.
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post Sep 3 2006, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(Liam Quinn @ Sep 4 2006, 04:44 AM) *

There's no tab attribute; you mean tabindex.

blush.gif Yes, you are right Liam, I meant tabindex.

I am tired and should be in bed. sleep.gif
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post Sep 4 2006, 03:08 AM
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QUOTE(minidiapolis @ Sep 3 2006, 07:29 PM) *
How could I have it show the contents of the menus when the mouse is over them?


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For images and objects you can use the alt and longdesc attributes.


I'm quite certain I misunderstood - but if I didn't, please keep in mind that ALT and LONGDESC are not excl.gif intended for use in creating "tooltips", but rather as a stand-in for the image and a link (an URI) to a document with further information about the image respectively.
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post Sep 4 2006, 03:50 AM
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QUOTE(Tina Holmboe @ Sep 4 2006, 09:08 AM) *

I'm quite certain I misunderstood - but if I didn't, please keep in mind that ALT and LONGDESC are not excl.gif intended for use in creating "tooltips"


and most browsers will not treat them as such (the prime exceptions being Netscape (but only upto version 4.x) and Internet Explorer.
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post Sep 4 2006, 07:31 PM
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QUOTE(driminal @ Sep 4 2006, 12:23 AM) *

QUOTE(Liam Quinn @ Sep 4 2006, 04:44 AM) *

There's no tab attribute; you mean tabindex.

blush.gif Yes, you are right Liam, I meant tabindex.

I am tired and should be in bed. sleep.gif


Thanks for the information! dry.gif
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