hi, I'm not sure if its javascript that does it or any other language, but I being googling an cant find it.I am building a site and wanna create a "question sign" ? that when users hover over it , a dialogue box appears explaining what it is.I'm sure most of us have seen it on some site or the other.

Can I get some help or links to text on how to create one?

Thank you

thats simple
i think you put it in with <image src=> tags and add onmouseover()
[code]
<image src="/images/question.gif" OnMouseOver="javascript:helptip()"></image>

[code]
but youcould probably do it in html only using the alt tag because most (all?) browsers show it when you mouse hover.

Yep, I think smeeze's second suggestion is the right one: ALT text is what generally causes the hover-text.

PS: smeeze, you missed a slash in your closing [code] tag

Sasha

what I am looking for is like http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/linuxquestion.org where it says,"Alexa traffic rank" and you hover over the question sign.Thats exactly what I want.

Hmm. Well, looking at the sourcecode of that page in my browser, I can see that the HTML involved in doing that popup is not too complicated, and that it appears to be just HTML and CSS (cascading style sheet).

The HTML source of the page is pretty self-explanatory if you understand basic HTML; as for the CSS, I never did get into that much so I can't make any suggestions about how to set up your CSS file(s) to get the desired appearance. Hopefully another member(s) can provide tips, but you can be sure there are loads of information and tutorials on CSS on the net.

Best of success,

Sasha

thanks hopefully I do