Here's the situation:

I've got a form that users fill out in order to add something to a database...

Under each <dt>, there's the <label for=""> element for each of the input 
elements, and that works fine

But because of the layout of the page, the <label> values are kept short, 
yes... there are title="" attributes, but IE and FF don't show the whole text

So I was thinking about doing what other sites do... and thats to put a "more 
info on this field" link, people click on it, and a popup appears with the 
minimum of browser UI chrome and jumps to the right section in the code

Ordinarily, this would be achieved with the help of JavaScript and 
Window.Open(), so much for cross-browser compatibility.

Then there's the target="_blank" anchor attribute, but this is disallowed by 
the DTD I'm using (XHTML1.1 w/ IFrame), that... plus it doesn't offer a way to 
get rid of browser UI elements.

Does anyone have any alternatives?

I was thinking of having a JavaScript "show/hide" function with the 
instructions and extra detail contained in a <div style="visibility: 
none;"></div>
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