How to get mouseover working a la Sentinel's mouseovers

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:47 pm

In a custom module should simply do this:

Code:

echo "<s cript language=javas cript type=\"text/javas cript\" src=\"includes/overlib.js\"></s cript>";

to allow for mouseover to work with a href= ??

I'm trying to use sentinel's style of mouseover javas cript mouseovers and can't seem to get it to work.. I get the javas cript void(); property, but if I say return overlib('stuff', etc.,etc., for all the properties)"; onmouseout=return_nd();"> I get nada...just the blank property of void();

registered · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:23 pm

You need to have the:

Code:

echo "<s cript language=javas cript type=\"text/javas cript\" src=\"includes/overlib.js\"></s cript>";

in hte includes/javascript.php or the header.php file somewhere close to:

Code:

  include("includes/javascript.php");

This js needs to be before the </head> tag to work properly. Then in the routine you are wanting to use it in you also have to have:

Code:

  echo "<div id=\"overDiv\" style=\"position:absolute; visibility:hidden; z-index:9999;\"></div>\n";

Look in admin/modules/nukesentinel/functions.php at the function ipbanmenu() { to see what I'm talking about on that line of code. The way NukeSentinel(tm) uses it is all admin pages with "Help/Info" popups calls that routine that gives the popups their z-index. You would most likely want to set your z-index to something like 9000 to help prevent conflicts as well. So your line would look like:

Code:

  echo "<div id=\"overDiv\" style=\"position:absolute; visibility:hidden; z-index:9000;\"></div>\n";

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:40 am

Bob,

Thanks...issue was that with Sentinel, we have if($sentineladmin)>0 then include the pair of overlib s cripts. So they weren't including on my custom module.

So, rather than set $sentineladmin = 1, I just updated javas____.php to always include them (in javas___.php)

Thanks, Bob!