Tooltips

[Dave]

Good evening folks.

I was using OvPro for MS-Windows earlier and couldn't remember which of
three icons on my tool bar was the one I wanted, so as per usual Win side
I just hovered the mouse over the icons and a tooltip informed me in turn
what they were.

Later back on the RISC OS side, again using OvPro and other apps, I
wondered have there ever (Nb.) been any RISC OS apps that incorporated
tooltips?

Thanks
Dave

Nb: The only one I know of is 'WebWonder' which has a status bar at the
bottom of the window detailing the tool button the mouse pointer is over.

D.

[Paul Sprangers]

I wondered have there ever (Nb.) been any RISC OS apps that incorporated
tooltips?

RISC OS has interactive help, which often does a more comprehensive job
than tooltips. But you have to activate it manually. My favourite is
BubbleHelp, by the way.

Paul

[Chris Newman]

Post by Paul Sprangers

I wondered have there ever (Nb.) been any RISC OS apps that incorporated
tooltips?

RISC OS has interactive help, which often does a more comprehensive job
than tooltips. But you have to activate it manually. My favourite is
BubbleHelp, by the way.

I use Steve Fryatt's !Float. I used to use Bubble Help but changed for
somereason I cannot now remember. I think it was to do withworking better
on Virtual Acorn.

[Dave]

Post by Paul Sprangers

I wondered have there ever (Nb.) been any RISC OS apps that
incorporated tooltips?

RISC OS has interactive help, which often does a more comprehensive job
than tooltips. But you have to activate it manually. My favourite is
BubbleHelp, by the way.
Paul

No, no! Having a multi sentence dialogue open whenever... is not conducive
to effective working or sanity. :-(

I only want toolbar button tips, and I want a Tooltip that does the job in
a couple of words.

I used to use BubbleHelp, but I have a vague recollection it wouldn't work
with RISC OS 6.

Dave

Anyone have a link to download Bubblehelp?

Thanks
D.

[Dave]

On 06 Aug, ***@triffid.co.uk wrote:

[Snippy]

Post by Dave
Anyone have a link to download Bubblehelp?
Thanks
D.

Don't bother.
I found it on Paul Vigays site and it doesn't work on RISC OS 6.20

Dave

[Paul Sprangers]

Post by Dave
No, no! Having a multi sentence dialogue open whenever... is not
conducive to effective working or sanity. :-(

Well, you can always switch if off with a single click on the iconbar icon.
But I agree, tooltips and interactive help are two different species.

Post by Dave
Anyone have a link to download Bubblehelp?

http://www.vigay.com/thirdparty/index.html

Whether it will work on RISC OS 6 is unsure. It doesn't even fully work on
RISC OS 5 on my Pi4: clicking Choices produces an error, for example.
That's a pity, since BubbleHelp used to be the most configurable one of all
its competitors.

Paul

[Dave]

[Snip]

Post by Paul Sprangers

Post by Dave
Anyone have a link to download Bubblehelp?

http://www.vigay.com/thirdparty/index.html
Whether it will work on RISC OS 6 is unsure. It doesn't even fully work
on RISC OS 5 on my Pi4: clicking Choices produces an error, for example.
That's a pity, since BubbleHelp used to be the most configurable one of
all its competitors.
Paul

As I posted earlier (10:29 AM), it doesn't work on RISC OS 6.20.

Dave

Anyway... Tooltips on RISC OS, just an idle thought. :-)

[Chris Hughes]

Post by Dave

Post by Paul Sprangers

I wondered have there ever (Nb.) been any RISC OS apps that
incorporated tooltips?

RISC OS has interactive help, which often does a more comprehensive job
than tooltips. But you have to activate it manually. My favourite is
BubbleHelp, by the way.
Paul

No, no! Having a multi sentence dialogue open whenever... is not conducive
to effective working or sanity. :-(
I only want toolbar button tips, and I want a Tooltip that does the job in
a couple of words.

Well Fireworkz and messenegr pro seem to have tool tips.

It seems it per app basis. ask the programmers.

[Steve Fryatt]

On 6 Aug, Chris Hughes wrote in message

Post by Chris Hughes
Well Fireworkz and messenegr pro seem to have tool tips.
It seems it per app basis. ask the programmers.

RISC OS has no support for tooltips. If an application includes them, then
either it's using a library to do it, or its developer has invented their
own wheel from scratch.

Interactive Help is system-wide, and probably the best way to go as it gives
a standard behaviour to users across all applications.

[Dave]

In article <***@mytardis>,
Chris Hughes <***@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

[Snip]

Well Fireworkz and messenger pro seem to have tool tips.
It seems it per app basis. ask the programmers.

I can only comment on Fireworkz as I don't have the other...

It's not really tooltips, more akin to the usual Acorn !Help constrained
to a status bar...

Dave