Whats the proper way to show a help field?

[dunbarx at aol.com]

Well, not quite. The toolTip is a property, and must be set directly. You might say it has no "text" property, being a property already. You might also say that the toolTip property is, already, its text.


In other words, keep it simple. Just set it and go...


Craig



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Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?


Craig,
Thanks for that! No, I didn't know I could use the tooltip for that. So I could 
do something like:
"Set the text of the tooltip of me to mytext" as the mouse is moved?

Bill




William Prothero
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> On Nov 19, 2014, at 7:34 AM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi again.
> 
> 
> Not sure what you mean. You do know that the tooltip is a property, and need 
not just be fixed text, right?
> 
> 
> 
> on mouseMove
>   set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc
> end mouseMove
> 
> 
> Try this in your rect. You will want to make sure to knock off the 
toolTipDelay.
> 
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earthednet-wp <prothero at earthednet.org>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 1:04 am
> Subject: Re: Whats the proper way to show a help field?
> 
> 
> 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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