How to display alt message when hover mouse over a table row?

[eyorre]

Is there a way to display a message when the mouse hovers over a row in a table? I would like the message to pop up like an alt tag. The message it displays needs to be dynamic to reflect the value that is displayed in the first column of the table.

Thank you.

 

[manarth]

I would like the message to pop up like an alt tag.

Actually, this behaviour is a non-standard Microsoftism. Tooltips should be set by the [tt]title[/tt] attribute.

 <tr>
  <td title="My message">foo</td>
 </tr>

For long, or more elaborate popups, you'll need JavaScript instead.

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[ca8msm]

Yes there is. Both the TR and TD tags have a Title property that you could set (if these rows are dynamically populated from server side code, then simply add the property tag).


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Tooltips should be set by the title attribute

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[eyorre]

Thank you very much for your swift replies, that was a lot simpler than I expected and just the trick!