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how to get dynamic contents on mouseover

 
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Hi,

I have a information icon, on mouseover of which, i would like have a tool tip information which has to be fetched from a jsp page.
This jsp page will take as a parameter, the id linked to the icon.

can anyone guide me on how to acheive this???

Thnks in advance..
Nikhil
 
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You probably need to make an Ajax call (XMLHttpRequest) to the server to get the information if it is located there. And display it in a layer.

Do a search on a search Engine for Ajax Tooltips and see if anything comes up.

Eric
 
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