Here is my code with some comments:


<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var mkdiv = document.createElement('div'); //create your div
var timer //create timer variable
function showItem(posleft, postop, w, h, linkdetail, n)

//posleft = position from the left
//postop = position from the top
//w = pixelwidth
//h = pixelheight
//linkdetail = URL to be shown in the revealed div
//n = text for URL to be shown in the revealed div
//linkno = string built from linkdetail + n to give innerHTML string for divs innerHTML property.

{

linkno ="<a href = " + "\"" + linkdetail + "\"" + ">" + n + "</a>"

    window.clearTimeout(timer)

    mkdiv.style.backgroundColor = "lightblue";
    mkdiv.style.border = "1px solid black";
    mkdiv.style.visibility = "visible"
    mkdiv.style.pixelLeft = posleft
    mkdiv.style.pixelTop = postop
    mkdiv.style.pixelWidth = w
    mkdiv.style.pixelHeight = h
    mkdiv.style.zIndex = 1
    mkdiv.innerHTML = linkno
    //all of this syntax looks fine to me, Im just setting variables using arguments!
    timer = window.setTimeout("hidewin()", 5000)
}

function hidewin(){
mkdiv.style.visibility = "hidden"
}

</SCRIPT>

<a href = "#" onmouseover="showItem(100, 20, 100, 20, this.linkdetail, this.linktext)" linkdetail = "www.google.com" linktext = "Google">Show Link 1</a><br>
<a href = "#" onmouseover="showItem(100, 40, 100, 20, this.linkdetail, this.linktext)" linkdetail = "www.yahoo.com" linktext = "Yahoo">Show Link 2</a>

The script is running without any complaints, but I can't see the div at all! Any ideas? All arguments are passed in on the onmouseover event, such as width and height, position, stuff like that, but I just cannot see the divs as they are 'supposed' to appear.

Help much appreciated.

Joe

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Hi Joe,

It looks like you are creating the div, but never actually appending it to any element in the page.

Try adding this to your script block...
I think you may also want to set style.position = "absolute" for the div

HTH,

Chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the tip. You were right, I wasn't appending to an element, but instead of using your piece of script I used:

document.body.insertBefore(mkdiv)

You were right on the positioning too. Thanks for the help!

Joe