Place Image In Screentip

[MODOK]

I am a relative newbie to web design.

I am creating a page with links to images.

I teach computer drafting, and the page I am working on is a description of topics covered in a course.

This is very preliminary, but you can have a look here:

Click here

In the description I have added one link, to the Shell command.

If the link is clicked, an animated gif opens that shows what the shell command does.

I like having the page laid out as all text, so I do not want to use thumbnails.

Instead of having to click the link, is it possible to set it up so that the user can hover over the link and have the image pop up in a screentip?

Or, can someone suggest another idea?

Thanks in advance!

[Hai-Etlik]

Well normaly what browsers show as tooltips (when tooltips are appropriate) is the title attribute. As an attribute, there is no way to put anything but plain text in it; No elements, so no images. You can use css and/or javascript to make elements appear or disapear when you move your mouse over another one to simulate more complex tooltips.

[BurtStark]

I am a relative newbie to web design.

Instead of having to click the link, is it possible to set it up so that the user can hover over the link and have the image pop up in a screentip?

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Perhaps this will help:

http://moneytreesystems.com/css/picpopup.html

[jsbowen]

This is just one of many ways to do this:

http://www.dyn-web.com/dhtml/tooltips/tip-txt-img.html