Have you tried the OP example too? should only require css support for hover, so if ADE allows to change text color on hover, the statuspanel tooltip should work too
and fwiw the statuspanel tooltip/popup is cleaner than the title equivalent, particularly with long urls like
<a href="http://www.example.com/a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_y_ z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_ y_z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_ x_y_z" title="http://www.example.com/a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_y_ z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_ y_z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_ x_y_z">example</a>
vs
<a href="http://www.example.com/a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_y_ z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_ y_z_a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_ x_y_z" id="ww">example</a>