[WEB4LIB] CSS or DHTML?

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Bill,

That sounds like what Microsoft is doing on their site if you visit with
IE 4 or 5.  Check out webreference on the how-to to create this element:

http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/hiermenus/index.html

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Techician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Bill Drew wrote:

> 
> Looking to the future, I am teaching myself or trying to teach myself CSS
> and DHTML.  I would like to create a webpage for the library that when you
> pass the mouse over a string of text the page display related text.  Here is
> an example.  I would have a line of text that says "Databases".  When the
> mouse is passed over that text I would like to see a list of links to all of
> our databases appear on the screen without loading another page and without
> using frames.  Seems to me that JavaScript combined with CSS should be able
> to do this.  I know how to do this using mouse rollovers for images combined
> with client side mapping.  That is too slow because of the time it takes to
> down load images.  Are there any examples out there?   This would be used in
> conjunction with a browser detector script to ensure appropriate access for
> all users.
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> President, SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA)
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