alert message over text

[sunita shaw]

can anyone tell me how to get an alert message over a text not pictures or images .dont suggest me for alt="msg" coz this works for only images .

[Eric Pascarello]

alt is for images, title is for everything else
Eric

[sunita shaw]

eric thanx but this wont work coz title works for link messages ...for simple text like:
<td class='design_table_compulsory_leave' width=20 align=center valign=bottom ><font class='TaskDataFONT' style='font-weight:bold;' >CPL  </font></td>"
what do i use.i wont that when the mouse points at CPL then its full form should be displayed
lemme know soon

[Rajeshwari Natarajan]

What Eric suggested is perfectly right..
u use the title attribute to provide the mouse over text.
Use the title attribute in the preceding tag, like this..

<td class='design_table_compulsory_leave' width=20 align=center valign=bottom><font class='TaskDataFONT' style='font-weight:bold;' title = "learnm more about CPL">CPL  </font></td>

[Eric Pascarello]

<font class='TaskDataFONT' style='font-weight:bold;' title="The Text Here?">CPL </font>
Is that what you are after?

[sunita shaw]

hello rajeshwari!
thanx but when i do it the way u've adviced me i get the following error:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile C:\sunita\project\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\work\DEFAULT\examples\jsp\_final\display_emp_alldate_24.java:322: ')' expected.
out.println("SUL ");
^
1 error

[sunitha reghu]

<td class='design_table_compulsory_leave' width=20 align=center valign=bottom><font class='TaskDataFONT' style='font-weight:bold;' title = "learnm more about CPL">CPL </font></td>
SHOULE BE LIKE THIS
<td class='design_table_compulsory_leave' width=20 align=center valign=bottom TITLE ="WATEVER"><font class='TaskDataFONT' style='font-weight:bold;' title = "learnm more about CPL">CPL </font></td>
EITHER <FONT> OR CLASS NOT <FONT CLASS> RT NOW TITLE INSIDE THIS INCORRECT TAG <FONT CLASS>