Inside Technique : Rollovers 101 : The Future & Related Info

With Internet Explorer 4.0, with script you have complete flexibility with your rollover effect. Future generation rollover effects will now focus more on simplifying and hiding the required scripts. Internet Explorer 5.0 is pioneering in this area with a new concept called behaviors makes rollover effects easier to use. Behaviors by themselves are a mechanism that allows web developers to extend the browser using DHTML and script. The advantage is that authors can use these behaviors without having to write any code. You should begin to see new rollover behaviors that let you do all of the above and more all by declaring special attributes. For example, with the appropriate behavior, you could create a rollover effect on an image simply by adding a whenover attribute:

<IMG WHENOVER="/gifs/redball.gif" SRC="gifs/ball.gif">

For more information on DHTML behaviors, check out our Inside IE 5.0 area that has articles and demonstrations of the latest IE 5.0 developer features.

More Rollover Articles

InsideDHTML's collection of additional articles to help you create rollover effects.

HTML Tooltips ^{IE4, NS4}

Cross-browser technique for adding HTML pop-up tips to any link on your web page.

Highlight Button ^IE4

Add rollover effects to built-in HTML buttons.

Table Highlights ^IE4

Add rollover effects to table rows and columns.

Rollover Menus ^IE4

Shows how to create an automatically highlighted menu without using images.

Rollover Menus II ^IE4

Learn more about the CSS Hover psuedo-class supported by Internet Explorer 4.0 and later.

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