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ToolTip Text Not Displayed with Windowed Active Controls
Last reviewed: July 11, 1997
Article ID: Q166117
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The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you place the mouse pointer over an active control object (such as an animated button control) in Internet Explorer, the ToolTip box may not display the title text for the active control.

CAUSE

Internet Explorer does not support ToolTip box text for active controls.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1. This problem does not occur with Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2. To obtain Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site: 

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/

MORE INFORMATION

The ToolTip box is the dynamic text window that appears at the end of the mouse pointer when the pointer is left sitting over a button or other object type.

Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords : kbdisplay msient msiew95 ntsrv ntwkst osr2 win95
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 11, 1997
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