Whats the proper way to show a help field?

[William Prothero]

Craig:
Ok, let me see if I’ve got it.


on mouseMove
	put myText into toolTip —?? i.e. how do I get text that depends on the mouseLoc, into the tooltip contents?
	set the tooltip of me to the mouseLoc
end mouseMove

Tnx,
Bill


On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:

> 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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> Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 10:44 am
> 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
> http://es.earthednet.org
> 
>> 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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