> > Using the COMMENT feature to add guidance to an ATTRIBUTE works great, but
> > is it possible to add a TOOLTIP <ATTRIBUTE> = so as to save screen space?
>
> Where should the tooltip appear? In the entry form or when an entry is
> displayed, or even in the tabular listing? I can put a title arround the
> attribut names such as
>
> <div title="Please enter some subject here">Subject:</div>
>
> which gets interpreted by most browsers as a tooltip. However it's not
> apparent to the user that leaving the cursor on top of "Subject" opens a
> tooltip, especially since the cursor is displayed as the text cursor (vertical
> bar), not as an arrow over the attribute. Do you have a link to a public web
> page which uses tooltips?
>
> > For a complex entry form it is desireable to try and have everything in a
> > single window and this, I think, would help.
>
> Aiming for running elog on you PDA? Let me know if you succeed...
In the Entry form I am thinking, as this is when most people need some help.
Perhaps the user could be clued in with a "Mouse-over each attribute for Help"
COMMENT at the top.
As for the PDA, no, it's just that some people around here get confused if they
have to scroll down. Not a big thing . . . ;-> Hmmm, PDA . . . |