also for the record, this problem exists in v13.6 in windows as well as macOS. the copy & paste solution helps. closing and reopening the help tips window also generally clears the issue for a while. Alan
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:48 AM Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > We manage help tips this way: > - For each object, select the On Mouse Enter form event > - We have a Help Tip named "HelpText" which simply contains a variable, > tHelpText. Select that Help Tip for each object. > - On the object, populate the tHelpText variable in the On Mouse Enter form > event. > > With this scheme, you can customise your help tips in lots of creative ways > - e.g. depending on whether the user is on Mac or Windows, what day of the > week it is, what level of access the user has, or whatever. I also find it > much easier to manage the tips as you don't have to deal with a long list > of Help Tips. > > Pat > > Pat > > > On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 at 06:32, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > for the record, problem does not exist for v14 or later. > > > > this is basically a compatibility issue between macOS 10.8/9 and 13.6 > > (evidently a regression from 13.5, really sorry about that...), > > which was released in the first half of 2015. > > > > > 2018/06/12 13:22、Dan Ivy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> のメール: > > > > > > I agree with Doug about where this is coming from. Also as a workaround > > I had > > > success using a text editor to create the help text with carriage > returns > > > and then paste it into the 4D help editor. After that 4D seems to allow > > > returns to be added or deleted from the text displayed in the help > > editor. > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > > ********************************************************************** > > > > -- > ************************************************* > CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing > tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 > w: http://www.catbase.com > skype: pat.bensky > ************************************************* > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************