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, [email protected] 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earthednet-wp <[email protected]>
> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]>
> 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, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]>
>> 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, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>> Have you ever used a toolTip? They follow like a loyal dog.
>>>
>>>
>>> Craig Newman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: William Prothero <[email protected]>
>>> To: Use-livecode Use-livecode <[email protected]>
>>> 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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