is screen tip the good tool

[Michael]

I have a page filled with one picture of my kid's sport
team (12 boys). When a visitor to the website go over
each boy's head with the pointer, I want a small box
opening beside the head and showing approximately 5 to 6
lines of descriptive text. I tried with ''screen tip''
but the small bubble doesn't stay open enough long to
read all the text. I wish it could stay open till I click
on another boy's face. I think ''screen tip'' is not done
for that because I cannot change the time it shows.

What can I do to have a small box of text opening each
time I go over a selected head on a single picture? I
have no room to put a frame beside or over the picture. I
need something that opens into the picture.
Thanks
Michael

 

[Guest]

Hi Michael,

In this case, I think ScreenTip will not be a good tool.
For your case, you can break the big photo into smaller ones and place them
as near as possible so that it can be resembled. Then add a layer containing
the text. (See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010964451033.aspx for details).

You can also place this line of code as the Address of the hyperlink:

javascript:alert(' < Description goes here > ');

and the descrption will be displayed in a dialog box on clicking the person.

You can also link to a sepearte page, but by doing so it won't be so
convenient for your visitors to see.

HTH
Xero