>hi,
>I have a dropdownlist with 5 items. I want to dispaly some text when 
>mouse is over each item in the list like tooltip.
>
>By onchange event i am able to display the text in a text box. But i 
>want it to be displayed on mouse over and like tooltip.
>
>regards
>arun

You can do thyis with stylesheets, no need to use any Javascript. 
Check the site of W3C. There is also something about this on 
wwwalistapart.com in one of the older articles.

Greetz,
Marc