If your page is secure, you may need to come up with a secure blank page as the src for the iframe:
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
#hintbox{ /*CSS for pop up hint box */
position:absolute;
top: 0;
background-color: lightyellow;
width: 150px; /*Default width of hint.*/
padding: 3px;
border:1px solid black;
font:normal 11px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
border-right: 3px solid black;
border-bottom: 3px solid black;
visibility: hidden;
}
.hintanchor{ /*CSS for link that shows hint onmouseover*/
font-weight: bold;
color: navy;
margin: 3px 8px;
}
</style>
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<!--[if gte IE 5.5]>
<iframe id="hintboxiframe" src="" style="z-index:99;display:none;position:absolute;" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<![endif]-->
<![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Show Hint script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
* Modified in http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums by jscheuer1
* to overcome IE select element bug
***********************************************/
var horizontal_offset="9px" //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link
/////No further editting needed
var ie5_5=typeof hintboxiframe=='undefined'? 0 : 1
var vertical_offset="0" //horizontal offset of hint box from anchor link. No need to change.
var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}
function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}
function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=(whichedge=="rightedge")? parseInt(horizontal_offset)*-1 : parseInt(vertical_offset)*-1
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-30 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-40
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth+parseInt(horizontal_offset)
}
else{
var windowedge=ie && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
}
return edgeoffset
}
function showhint(menucontents, obj, e, tipwidth){
if ((ie||ns6) && document.getElementById("hintbox")){
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById("hintbox")
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=menucontents
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
if (tipwidth!=""){
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=tipwidth
}
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="visible"
obj.onmouseout=hidetip
unhideIframe();
}
}
function hidetip(e){
hideIframe();
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
dropmenuobj.style.left="-500px"
}
function createhintbox(){
var divblock=document.createElement("div")
divblock.setAttribute("id", "hintbox")
document.body.appendChild(divblock)
}
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", createhintbox, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", createhintbox)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=createhintbox
// Hide IFrame
function hideIframe() {
if (ie5_5){
var theIframe = document.getElementById("hintboxiframe")
theIframe.style.display = "none";
}
}
// Unhide IFrame
function unhideIframe() {
if (ie5_5){
var theIframe = document.getElementById("hintboxiframe")
var theDiv = document.getElementById("hintbox");
theIframe.style.width = theDiv.offsetWidth+'px';
theIframe.style.height = theDiv.offsetHeight+'px';
theIframe.style.top = theDiv.offsetTop+'px';
theIframe.style.left = theDiv.offsetLeft+'px';
theIframe.style.display = "block";
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<b>Username:</b> <input type="text" class="test" /> <a href="#" class="hintanchor" onMouseover="showhint('Please choose a username. Should consist of alphanumeric characters only.', this, event, '150px')">[?]</a><select name="bob"><option value="">pppppppppppp</option>
<option value="">ooooooooooooo</option>
<option value="">kkkkkkkkkkkkkk</option>
</select><br>
<b>Password:</b> *<input type="text" class="test" /> <a href="#" class="hintanchor" onMouseover="showhint('Enter the desired password. <b>Must</b> be 8 characters or longer.', this, event, '200px')">[?]</a><select name="bob"><option value="">pppppppppppp</option>
<option value="">ooooooooooooo</option>
<option value="">kkkkkkkkkkkkkk</option>
</select><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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