I'm not sure if this is css or java script so please forgive me if i'm wrong. I assume it's javascript onmouseover.

On some sites, when you hover your mouse over an image or a word a little line of text will pop-up next to your curser.

thanks

Jason it might just be an alt attribute on the image.

<img src="path to image" alt="Some descriptive text" />

There's also a title attribute you can use on images and other html elements. If all you're seeing is a single line of text it's probably just the alt attribute. Check the source of the page and look for that image to see if alt="" was added to the image.

The alt attribute only displays in IE in Windows, title should show on all browsers and OS plateforms.

True the alt attribute won't appear on mouseover in Firefox by default, but you can change settings so it does. You're right though that it may be the title attribute instead.

thanks guys. The title attribute works fine and sorry for posting in the wrong section.

Glad to help and no need to apologize. Sometimes it's hard to know which is the right section when you're not sure what the solution will be.