Whats the proper way to show a help field?

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Yeah, I use the tool tips a lot. But the field I need displays the x,y values under a data plot, as the user moves the mouse within the plot axes boundary. . In that way, the user gets a convenient way of getting values from a data plot. 
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:20 PM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Have you ever used a toolTip? They follow like a loyal dog.
> 
> 
> Craig Newman
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org>
> To: Use-livecode Use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 6:01 pm
> Subject: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
> 
> 
> Folks:
> I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s within 
> a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data plot region. 
> So, I do something like:
> 
> on mouseEnter
>  doTheDisplay
> end mouseEnter
> 
> on doTheDisplay
>  repeat while the mouseLoc is within theRect
>     doStuff that shows the field and its contents
>  end repeat
> end doTheDisplay    
> 
> The problem with this is I am getting “Recursion Limit” errors. 
> 
> 
> William A. Prothero
> http://es.earthednet.org/
> 
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