On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Sylvain Wallez wrote:
Jeremy Quinn wrote:
Dear All,
Correct me if I am wrong, but it does not appear that the <wd:help/> tag of the <wd:widget/> is supported by the 'woody-field-styling.xsl', except for when it is used inside a <wd:group/>.
Would anyone object to me adding this?
Certainly not! Do it, do it ;-)
He He!
I was thinking of adding handling for this to the 'woody-field-common' template, by adding a '?' that is linked to a javascript alert containing the text of the <wd:help/>, that sits just after the field, like the required '*".
Alternatively, it could be done with a <div> popup.
I would prefer this solution which would allow for markup in help
Markup would be good
, and the CalendarPopup.js in Woody [1] already contains a library for this to build the popups [2].
OK
Having a "?" IMO makes the page look "heavier", and I was thinking of placing a "help mode switch" in the pages. This switch (analogous to the one that appears in the title bar of some dialog on Windows) would change the mouse cursor to a "?" and display the associated help (if any) associated to clicked elements.
Nice idea .... not sure about being inspired by Windows GUI design though :)
Would they best popup (in help-mode) when clicked, or rolled-over?
How hard would this be to do?
Not sure ..... but it could be beyond my current DHTML knowledge, do you know of any sites that do this? ;)
It is something I'd like to have a go at ..... this weekend however I will be tied up, upgrading my Macs to Panther :)
There is a CSS2 directive for changing the cursor, but have no idea how well implemented it is across browsers. <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/ui.html#cursor-props>, there is a 'help' cursor.
I'll checkout your references to the popup stuff ....
regards Jeremy
