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Move your mouse over a JavaScript link to see the image of your choice plus corresponding description on the pop up, by using this image HTML tooltip script. Each tooltip can have a different background color, just for aesthetics or in case the pictures are transparent GIFs.

This code detects for window edges and keeps the tooltip description position inside. The tooltip moving with the mousemove is an option that can be turned off by setting the tipFollowMouse to false.

Label: image and description, tooltip, link, image description tooltip, mouse over, background color, transparent, GIF, mousemove, tipFollowMouse, description position, HTML tooltip

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<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
/*
Image w/ description tooltip- By Dynamic Web Coding (www.dyn-web.com)
Copyright 2002 by Sharon Paine
*/

/* IMPORTANT: Put script after tooltip div or 
	 put tooltip div just before </BODY>. */

var dom = (document.getElementById) ? true : false;
var ns5 = ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Gecko")>-1) && dom) ? true: false;
var ie5 = ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>-1) && dom) ? true : false;
var ns4 = (document.layers && !dom) ? true : false;
var ie4 = (document.all && !dom) ? true : false;
var nodyn = (!ns5 && !ns4 && !ie4 && !ie5) ? true : false;

// resize fix for ns4
var origWidth, origHeight;
if (ns4) {
	origWidth = window.innerWidth; origHeight = window.innerHeight;
	window.onresize = function() { if (window.innerWidth != origWidth || window.innerHeight != origHeight) history.go(0); }
}

// avoid error of passing event object in older browsers
if (nodyn) { event = "nope" }

///////////////////////  CUSTOMIZE HERE   ////////////////////
// settings for tooltip 
// Do you want tip to move when mouse moves over link?
var tipFollowMouse= true;	
// Be sure to set tipWidth wide enough for widest image
var tipWidth= 160;
var offX= 20;	// how far from mouse to show tip
var offY= 12; 
var tipFontFamily= "Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif";
var tipFontSize= "8pt";
// set default text color and background color for tooltip here
// individual tooltips can have their own (set in messages arrays)
// but don't have to
var tipFontColor= "#000000";
var tipBgColor= "#DDECFF"; 
var tipBorderColor= "#000080";
var tipBorderWidth= 3;
var tipBorderStyle= "ridge";
var tipPadding= 4;

// tooltip content goes here (image, description, optional bgColor, optional textcolor)
var messages = new Array();
// multi-dimensional arrays containing: 
// image and text for tooltip
// optional: bgColor and color to be sent to tooltip
messages[0] = new Array('../image/logojs.gif.','Tooltip for this link',"#FFFFFF"); 
messages[1] = new Array('../image/photo3.jpg','Tooltip for this link',"#DDECFF");
messages[2] = new Array('../image/photo4.jpg','Test description','black','white');

////////////////////  END OF CUSTOMIZATION AREA  ///////////////////

// preload images that are to appear in tooltip
// from arrays above
if (document.images) {
	var theImgs = new Array();
	for (var i=0; i<messages.length; i++) {
  	theImgs[i] = new Image();
		theImgs[i].src = messages[i][0];
  }
}

// to layout image and text, 2-row table, image centered in top cell
// these go in var tip in doTooltip function
// startStr goes before image, midStr goes between image and text
var startStr = '<table width="' + tipWidth + '"><tr><td align="center" width="100%"><img src="';
var midStr = '" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">';
var endStr = '</td></tr></table>';

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  initTip	- initialization for tooltip.
//		Global variables for tooltip. 
//		Set styles for all but ns4. 
//		Set up mousemove capture if tipFollowMouse set true.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var tooltip, tipcss;
function initTip() {
	if (nodyn) return;
	tooltip = (ns4)? document.tipDiv.document: (ie4)? document.all['tipDiv']: (ie5||ns5)? document.getElementById('tipDiv'): null;
	tipcss = (ns4)? document.tipDiv: tooltip.style;
	if (ie4||ie5||ns5) {	// ns4 would lose all this on rewrites
		tipcss.width = tipWidth+"px";
		tipcss.fontFamily = tipFontFamily;
		tipcss.fontSize = tipFontSize;
		tipcss.color = tipFontColor;
		tipcss.backgroundColor = tipBgColor;
		tipcss.borderColor = tipBorderColor;
		tipcss.borderWidth = tipBorderWidth+"px";
		tipcss.padding = tipPadding+"px";
		tipcss.borderStyle = tipBorderStyle;
	}
	if (tooltip&&tipFollowMouse) {
		if (ns4) document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
		document.onmousemove = trackMouse;
	}
}

window.onload = initTip;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  doTooltip function
//			Assembles content for tooltip and writes 
//			it to tipDiv
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
var t1,t2;	// for setTimeouts
var tipOn = false;	// check if over tooltip link
function doTooltip(evt,num) {
	if (!tooltip) return;
	if (t1) clearTimeout(t1);	if (t2) clearTimeout(t2);
	tipOn = true;
	// set colors if included in messages array
	if (messages[num][2])	var curBgColor = messages[num][2];
	else curBgColor = tipBgColor;
	if (messages[num][3])	var curFontColor = messages[num][3];
	else curFontColor = tipFontColor;
	if (ns4) {
		var tip = '<table bgcolor="' + tipBorderColor + '" width="' + tipWidth + '" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="' + tipBorderWidth + '" border="0"><tr><td><table bgcolor="' + curBgColor + '" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="' + tipPadding + '" border="0"><tr><td>'+ startStr + messages[num][0] + midStr + '<span style="font-family:' + tipFontFamily + '; font-size:' + tipFontSize + '; color:' + curFontColor + ';">' + messages[num][1] + '</span>' + endStr + '</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>';
		tooltip.write(tip);
		tooltip.close();
	} else if (ie4||ie5||ns5) {
		var tip = startStr + messages[num][0] + midStr + '<span style="font-family:' + tipFontFamily + '; font-size:' + tipFontSize + '; color:' + curFontColor + ';">' + messages[num][1] + '</span>' + endStr;
		tipcss.backgroundColor = curBgColor;
	 	tooltip.innerHTML = tip;
	}
	if (!tipFollowMouse) positionTip(evt);
	else t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}

var mouseX, mouseY;
function trackMouse(evt) {
	mouseX = (ns4||ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;
	mouseY = (ns4||ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
	if (tipOn) positionTip(evt);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  positionTip function
//		If tipFollowMouse set false, so trackMouse function
//		not being used, get position of mouseover event.
//		Calculations use mouseover event position, 
//		offset amounts and tooltip width to position
//		tooltip within window.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function positionTip(evt) {
	if (!tipFollowMouse) {
		mouseX = (ns4||ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;
		mouseY = (ns4||ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
	}
	// tooltip width and height
	var tpWd = (ns4)? tooltip.width: (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientWidth: tooltip.offsetWidth;
	var tpHt = (ns4)? tooltip.height: (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientHeight: tooltip.offsetHeight;
	// document area in view (subtract scrollbar width for ns)
	var winWd = (ns4||ns5)? window.innerWidth-20+window.pageXOffset: document.body.clientWidth+document.body.scrollLeft;
	var winHt = (ns4||ns5)? window.innerHeight-20+window.pageYOffset: document.body.clientHeight+document.body.scrollTop;
	// check mouse position against tip and window dimensions
	// and position the tooltip 
	if ((mouseX+offX+tpWd)>winWd) 
		tipcss.left = (ns4)? mouseX-(tpWd+offX): mouseX-(tpWd+offX)+"px";
	else tipcss.left = (ns4)? mouseX+offX: mouseX+offX+"px";
	if ((mouseY+offY+tpHt)>winHt) 
		tipcss.top = (ns4)? winHt-(tpHt+offY): winHt-(tpHt+offY)+"px";
	else tipcss.top = (ns4)? mouseY+offY: mouseY+offY+"px";
	if (!tipFollowMouse) t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}

function hideTip() {
	if (!tooltip) return;
	t2=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='hidden'",100);
	tipOn = false;
}

//-->
</script>

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<div id="tipDiv" style="position:absolute; visibility:hidden; z-index:100"></div>