What are they called?

Joe Lewis Wilkins pepetoo at cox.net
Mon Mar 1 12:42:27 EST 2010


Thanks to all who responded so promptly. Especially Mark who guessed why I need to know. You all are the best.

Joe Lewis Wilkins



On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:

> Hi Joe,
> 
> I think they are called tooltips. They are indeed a bit small and not adjustable. It is possible to make your own, although it isn't very easy. Halfway this page http://qurl.tk/61 you will find an example, which shows the name, long id and id number in a tooltip when the pointer tool hovers over an object in Revolution.
> 
> --
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> 
> Mark Schonewille
> 
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> Op 1 mrt 2010, om 18:30 heeft Joe Lewis Wilkins het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Feeling kind of stupid this morning, but I'm trying to tell someone that the "hints" we get when holding the cursor over a tool should be enlarged - if at all possible - so that the visually impaired (like me) can read them more easily; however, I can't remember what they are called.
>> 
>> TIA,
>> 
>> Joe Lewis Wilkins
> 




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