| Re: General purpose tooltip routine [message #59972] |
Thu, 24 April 2008 07:33 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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cgoethel@igpp.ucla.edu writes:
> I would like to create a tooltip feature for widgets in my GUI's. I
> realize that the draw and button widgets have a tooltip keywords but I
> would also like to have tooltips for some of my other widgets
> (particularly text and label widgets - where I don't want to put a
> long label on the GUI - but in some cases the label or text needs
> further definition for new users).
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> Any existing routines to do this, or suggestions on an easy way to
> implement that?
It might be possible to write your own "tool tip" procedure
that popped up when you entered the boundary of a widget,
and went away when you exited the boundary. (See "tracking
events" in the on-line help.) But, I wouldn't advise it.
Having now had some experience with "helpful" pop-up
messages in the new IDL Workbench, I can attest to their
ability to raise blood pressure quite a lot more than
they do productivity.
I'd go with a HELP button and a nicely written and informative
help page.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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