Tom, > Maybe that is what he meant, but I don't think there is such an > attribute as helptext.. As Fernando said, no, there isn't. Another possibility, however, is that this is an Internet Explorer-only "expando" property [1] -- essentially a custom property for an element that can be applied through script or as a custom HTML attribute. Obviously, this is a proprietary feature, and won't validate. But if you are designing for an IE-only Intranet, sometimes they can come in handy. 1. http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/expando .asp James Aylard