Tim, Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it with one of my completed drawings, and it's a reasonable workaround. The problem, of course: if the diagram is modified, the "definitions" layer is not wired to the widgets on the layer underneath, and things have to be reworked.
I have some programming experience, is there a "fast track" document for building dia? I'd like to take a look and see if I could maybe hack something in. Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Todd Chambery wrote: > > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm sure you have plenty on your plate, but a feature a I think would be >> useful: >> >> Hover help/tooltip text >> >> I have some large diagrams with lots of notes, many of which are >> definitions. They're important for saving me from flipping to the data >> dictionary, but tend to clutter the diagram as a whole. It would be >> helpful to attach a tooltip to these texts (or any widgets) that would >> only appear when the mouse is hovered. These tips could be indicated by >> an underline or glow, and would not show up on the exported/printed diagram. >> >> What do you think, >> >> Todd >> > > I'm not trying to talk you out of your idea but would using an additional > Layer (Diagram -> Layer) work? You can turn on or turn off the layer > depending on the amount of information you need to see at any given time. > > Timothy > > > _______________________________________________ > Dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html > Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia > > > _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
