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How do you make tooltip show up for longer in IE

i got the following

<span id="pageLink" style="cursor:pointer;" onClick="...." title="<%=pHelper.getNameToolTip()%>">

in firefox the tooltip stays there until the mouse is moved, but in IE it only stays there for about 5seconds and disappears.

is there a way to make it last longer?

Solution

  • Not with built-in browser tooltips, no.

    There are tons of tooltip-like UI components using positioned DOM elements that will give you much finer control of presentation and display duration. I've never used one so couldn't vouch for any of them, so I won't link to any. Googling "JavaScript tooltip" will get you plenty. There are also plenty of tooltip plug-ins for existing libraries like jQuery around.