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