Hi, im using a mouseover thing to call this function to display a tooltip. But the tooltip is displayed instantly after the mouse is passed over the text. How can i make it so one has to hold their curser over the text for a second or so before the tooltip is displayed (like normal tooltips)

This is the code of the tooltip function.

function showfloatie(thetext, e, optbgColor, optWidth, optHeight){
var dsocx=(window.pageXOffset)? pageXOffset: ietruebody().scrollLeft;
var dsocy=(window.pageYOffset)? pageYOffset : ietruebody().scrollTop;
var floatobj=document.getElementById("dhtmlfloatie")
floatobj.style.left="-900px"
floatobj.style.display="block"
floatobj.style.backgroundColor=paramexists(optbgColor)? optbgColor : floatiebgcolor
floatobj.style.width=paramexists(optWidth)? optWidth+"px" : floatiewidth
floatobj.style.height=paramexists(optHeight)? optHeight+"px" : floatieheight!=""? floatieheight : ""
floatobj.innerHTML=thetext
var floatWidth=floatobj.offsetWidth>0? floatobj.offsetWidth : floatobj.style.width
var floatHeight=floatobj.offsetHeight>0? floatobj.offsetHeight : floatobj.style.width
var winWidth=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth : window.innerWidth-20
var winHeight=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight : window.innerHeight
e=window.event? window.event : e
floatobj.style.left=dsocx+winWidth-floatWidth-5+"px"
if (e.clientX>winWidth-floatWidth && e.clientY+20>winHeight-floatHeight)
floatobj.style.top=dsocy+5+"px"
else
floatobj.style.top=dsocy+winHeight-floatHeight-5+"px"

slowhigh(floatobj)

}

Thanks alot!

Use function setTimeout()

function showfloatie(thetext, e, optbgColor, optWidth, optHeight){

var dsocx=(window.pageXOffset)? pageXOffset: ietruebody().scrollLeft;
var dsocy=(window.pageYOffset)? pageYOffset : ietruebody().scrollTop;
var floatobj=document.getElementById("dhtmlfloatie")
floatobj.style.left="-900px"
floatobj.style.display="block"
floatobj.style.backgroundColor=paramexists(optbgColor)? optbgColor : floatiebgcolor
floatobj.style.width=paramexists(optWidth)? optWidth+"px" : floatiewidth
floatobj.style.height=paramexists(optHeight)? optHeight+"px" : floatieheight!=""? floatieheight : ""
floatobj.innerHTML=thetext
var floatWidth=floatobj.offsetWidth>0? floatobj.offsetWidth : floatobj.style.width
var floatHeight=floatobj.offsetHeight>0? floatobj.offsetHeight : floatobj.style.width
var winWidth=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth : window.innerWidth-20
var winHeight=document.all&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight : window.innerHeight
e=window.event? window.event : e
floatobj.style.left=dsocx+winWidth-floatWidth-5+"px"
if (e.clientX>winWidth-floatWidth && e.clientY+20>winHeight-floatHeight)
floatobj.style.top=dsocy+5+"px"
else
floatobj.style.top=dsocy+winHeight-floatHeight-5+"px"

slowhigh(floatobj)

}
for example
<a href="" onMouseOver="setTimeout('showfloatie(thetext, e, optbgColor, optWidth, optHeight)', 1000);" >asdasd</a>

Doesn't work The tooltip doesn't show at all.

Any other ideas?