Thanks for the steer Jim. Just to be clear, I'm not looking for HTML compatibility - I was using the <a> link description as an analogy to describe the required behaviour. It's the effect of a tooltip on text within a field that I want to create (and it's good to know that this is not a standard thing that I have simply overlooked).
I've tried the message watcher but there don't seem to be any messages generated when the mouse traverses a change in textStyle - i.e. the cursor doesn't change to a finger when over a link. I hadn't really noticed this before but it seems strange as the default behaviour. Is there maybe a property switch to enable more orthodox cursor behaviour when over links in text? BTW Here's some background on the title parameter for the a link tag http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/att_standard_title.asp It's very useful if you want to provide informative link information, rather than some ugly link URL. (Of course, it's also a mechanism exploited by those who would hide the link's true destination!) Best, Keith.. On 5 Jul 2011, at 12:59, Jim Ault wrote: > On Jul 5, 2011, at 4:41 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: >> Hi folks, >> Trying to replicate HTML <a> links within a LiveCode field. The docs >> describe 'set the textStyle to link' to create the link <a/> tag itself and >> 'set the linktext to <uri>' provides the 'href' parameter. >> >> But is there an equivalent of the HTML link title parameter at the >> field/text level? There doesn't seem to be a linkTitle property - and >> Tooltip is an object-level property. >> >> Indeed, are mouse-hover tooltips within a field supported as a native >> feature? > > This topic comes up on the list once in a while. > Don't confuse HTML and the htmlText as being equivalent. > The htmlText is a subset of tags that mainly relate to formatting and > linking. These are not robust or complete. You might search the archives > for threads that dealt with these limitations. > > I can't find and don't recall ever seeing and hover link or tooltip inside a > field in either Hypercard, Supercard, Metacard, Rev, or Livecode. If you > want text displays that are compliant, the RevBrowser is the tool to use. > > By the way, i don't recall ever seeing > <a title="some hover text"> > so it is nice to pick up a new trick :-) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
