On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 15:44, 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 ;-) > > > 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, and > the CalendarPopup.js in Woody [1] already contains a library for this to > build the popups [2]. > > 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.
I'm not sure about this from a usability point of view. > How hard would this be to do? > > [1] http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/calendarpopup/ > [2] http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/popupwindow/ Another alternative would be to use the label of the widget as trigger to show the help. Currently the wt:widget-label tag only outputs the content of the label of the widget, without any tag around it telling it is the label. I'm thinking we should maybe replace that with a wt:widget-displaydata which would effectively insert a wi:displaydata containg the label & help (& hotkey in the future), so that the XSL can react on that and put the label inside a <label> tag, and also add some javascript to show the help when you hover over it. (the label could have a e.g. a slightly different color if it has help) -- Bruno Dumon http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
