Time Delay for Imagetooltip

[Mng026]

1) Script Title: Image w/ description tooltip

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...agetooltip.htm

3) Describe problem: Does anyone know a good way to add a delay to the tool tip -- i.e as you rollover the link instead of opening instantly it takes..say 1 second. Thanks in advance,

Mike

[Nile]

Find this chunk of code inside the script. (function: doTooltip()).

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 (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'",50);
}

Above I highlighted something(find it). In the highlighted, you will see the number 50. This is the number of milliseconds before it opens, change the 50 to 1000 for 1 second.
Also, if you want to delay when it hides too.
Find this part in the code:

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

Change the highlighted to 1000 for 1 second.

[Mng026]

Works great. Also nice and easy. Can't thank you enough.

Mike

[Nile]

Anytime.

[Mng026]

Nile,
After a bit of testing, I increased the delay on mouseover to '750' milliseconds, works most of the time as intended, However, there is an occasional error where the pop-up will not restore - i.e remains frozen on the screen even after the mouse leaves the link.. any thoughts?

Mike

In addition -- If you have multiple links with a pop-up, and jump from one to the next, the pop up appears instantly regardless of the number you enter. Thanks for any suggestions.

[Nile]

Can you please show me the website/url that this script is located? That would help me.

[Mng026]

Gladly...
http://www.stonehouseproductions.com/tv.html

Much appreciated,

Mike

[Nile]

It works fine for me... Hmm....

[Mng026]

Hey Nile,
Thanks for looking into it for me. When you mouse over the first link it works perfectly... When you quickly jump to another thumbnail there is no longer a delay, but it switches instantly. Also occasionally when you mouse over a link and then use the scroll bar in the window the pop up will freeze in the middle of the screen. This only started happening when I increased the delay ?? Are you able to see it, or am I going crazy? Thanks a million,

Mike