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, dunb...@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 <proth...@earthednet.org> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@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, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> >> Have you ever used a toolTip? They follow like a loyal dog. >> >> >> Craig Newman >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> >> To: Use-livecode Use-livecode <use-livecode@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/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
