Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Well I just discovered an amazing thing. You can get the dgData of a CONTROL of 
a datagrid and it still returns the data. For instance if you know that the 
dgLine you want is 3 and the control name is siteid 0003, you can 

put the dgDataOfLine [3] of field "siteid 0003" into aData

and you will get the array for that line! It appears you can do that for ANY 
control in a datagrid! Why is this important?? Because if all I know is the 
name of the target (in this case a field in a datagrid) I can at least get the 
line number it belongs to, but how do I then discern the name of the datagrid 
it belongs to in order to get the dgDataOfLine?? Turns out that because of this 
you do not need to! 

You might think getting the owner of the control would do it, but you at least 
have to get the owner of the owner, and for some datagrids there are two other 
groups that are parent owners of THAT group before you get to the actual 
datagrid group. It just all depends. 

All irrelevant because the syntax above works a peach! 

Bob S
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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Phil Davis via use-livecode]

BUT you can set the toolTipDelay, to speed up or slow down its 
appearance. That's about it.


Phil Davis



On 7/12/17 10:54 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:

Yes just figured that out thank you. Initially it wasn't displaying, but I 
think that was because of an early bug which I already quashed. Apparently 
there is no command for showing a tooltip.

Bob S



On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:52 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode 
 wrote:

Are you sure you need that line at all?  Seems like once the tooltip is
set, it will show up after the tooltipdelay has passed.  At least it did
for me in my quicky experiment.


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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mark Wieder via use-livecode]

On 07/12/2017 10:47 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:

Okay now my problem is that now the line "show the toolTip of tTarget" 
generates an error, but it doesn't say WHAT the error is. If I use a try catch and get 
the error I get this:

69,112,12,1. sitename: Integrated Office Technologies Santa Fe Springs
547,112,12

Could it be that for some reason the tooltip is too long??


More likely because that isn't valid syntax.
If you want to do that instead of letting the OS handle it you're going 
to have to create your own tooltip mechanism.


Better to set the tooltip text and let the computer do its magic.

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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Yes just figured that out thank you. Initially it wasn't displaying, but I 
think that was because of an early bug which I already quashed. Apparently 
there is no command for showing a tooltip. 

Bob S


> On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:52 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Are you sure you need that line at all?  Seems like once the tooltip is
> set, it will show up after the tooltipdelay has passed.  At least it did
> for me in my quicky experiment.


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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

Are you sure you need that line at all?  Seems like once the tooltip is
set, it will show up after the tooltipdelay has passed.  At least it did
for me in my quicky experiment.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Okay now my problem is that now the line "show the toolTip of tTarget"
> generates an error, but it doesn't say WHAT the error is. If I use a try
> catch and get the error I get this:
>
> 69,112,12,1. sitename: Integrated Office Technologies Santa Fe Springs
> 547,112,12
>
> Could it be that for some reason the tooltip is too long??
>
> Bob S
>
>
>
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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Okay now my problem is that now the line "show the toolTip of tTarget" 
generates an error, but it doesn't say WHAT the error is. If I use a try catch 
and get the error I get this:

69,112,12,1. sitename: Integrated Office Technologies Santa Fe Springs
547,112,12

Could it be that for some reason the tooltip is too long??

Bob S



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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

rather than get the data of the line (unkeyed) can you just grab the index,
and use that to pick out your tooltip?  (barely glanced at this so far, so
i might be way off)

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Great tip! (pun intended)
>
> So here is what I came up with. Keep in mind that tKeyList is a list of
> columns I want in the tooltip. The idea is to present the user with a
> tooltip containing summary information on the datagrid data record. I had
> to prepend a counter to each key so that it would sort based on the order
> of the items in tKeyList. Arrays. SHEESH! Sure would be nice if the keys
> were in the order they were added!
>
> I will probably move the relevant code into another handler in my
> Utilities backscript, then pass the long id of the target, and the key list
> to that handler. I will also probably update this handler so that in the
> event no keylist is passed, I will get the datagrid column labels, and use
> those for a key list.
>
> on mouseEnter
>local tKeyList
>wait 1 second with messages
>put the target into tTargetName
>put tTargetName into tTarget -- we need to preserver the original name
>
>if the first word of tTarget is not "field" then
>   pass mouseEnter
>end if
>
>put "sitename,addr1,city,state,zip,contactname,contactphone,contactemail,"
> into tKeyList
>put "itname,itphone,itemail" after keyList
>replace quote with empty in tTargetName
>put the last word of tTargetName into tLine
>put the dgDataOfLine [tLine] of me into aLineData
>
>repeat for each item tKey in tKeyList
>   add 1 to tCounter
>   put aLineData [tKey] into aRecordData [tCounter & ". " & tKey]
>end repeat
>
>put arrayToText(aRecordData, "record") into tText
>sort lines of tText
>set the tooltip of tTarget to tText
>show the tooltip of tTarget
>breakpoint
>pass mouseEnter
> end mouseEnter
>
> function arrayToText aArrayData, pFormat, pStripRecordKeys
> if aArrayData is not an array then
> put "ERROR: Data passed is not an array!" into theValue
> return theValue
> end if
>
> if pStripRecordKeys is not in "true|false" then put false into
> pStripRecordKeys
> -- sort tArrayKeys ascending
>
> -- may be an array of values
> put the keys of aArrayData into tArrayKeys
> sort lines of tArrayKeys numeric ascending
> put line 1 of tArrayKeys is 0 into tHasHeader
>
> -- convert single array to numeric array of arrays
> if line 1 of tArrayKeys is not a number then
> put aArrayData into aTempArray [1]
> put aTempArray into aArrayData
> put the keys of aArrayData into tArrayKeys
> end if
>
> switch pFormat
> case "record"
> repeat for each line tArrayKey in tArrayKeys
> put aArrayData [tArrayKey] into aArrayRecord
> put the keys of aArrayRecord into tColumnKeys
>
> repeat for each line tColumnKey in tColumnKeys
> put tColumnKey & ": " & aArrayRecord [tColumnKey] & cr
> after tValue
> end repeat
> end repeat
> break
> case "table"
> -- table header
> if not tHasHeader then put cr into tValue
>
> repeat for each line tArrayKey in tArrayKeys
> add 1 to tCount
> put aArrayData [tArrayKey] into aArrayRecord
> put the keys of aArrayRecord into tColumnKeys
> sort lines of tColumnKeys numeric ascending
>
> repeat for each line tColumnKey in tColumnKeys
> if pStripRecordKeys and (char 1 of tColumnKey is "@")
> then next repeat
>
> if tCount = 1 and not tHasHeader then put tColumnKey &
> tab after line 1 of tValue
> put aArrayRecord [tColumnKey] & tab after tValue
> end repeat
>
> put cr into last char of tValue
> end repeat
> break
> end switch
>
> return tValue
> end arrayToText
>
> Bob S
>
>
> > On Jul 11, 2017, at 19:09 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > There should be a couple ways.. Assuming the tooltip data and the
> displayed
> > data are already associated, you can do as suggested and pass in the
> popop
> > information as part of the dgdata.. Then in the fillindata you 'set the
> > tooltip of field 1 of me to ... the data that was passed in with the
> array.
> >  To do this though i _Think_ you'd need a custom behavior for every
> > column.
> >
> > To get around this, you could use a mouseenter in the script of the
> > datagrid itself that does something like..
> >
> > on mouseenter
> >get the text of the target
> >-- then use the text of the target to look up your tooltip data and..
> >   set the tooltip of the target to "whateveryouwant"
> >
> > end 

Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Great tip! (pun intended)

So here is what I came up with. Keep in mind that tKeyList is a list of columns 
I want in the tooltip. The idea is to present the user with a tooltip 
containing summary information on the datagrid data record. I had to prepend a 
counter to each key so that it would sort based on the order of the items in 
tKeyList. Arrays. SHEESH! Sure would be nice if the keys were in the order they 
were added! 

I will probably move the relevant code into another handler in my Utilities 
backscript, then pass the long id of the target, and the key list to that 
handler. I will also probably update this handler so that in the event no 
keylist is passed, I will get the datagrid column labels, and use those for a 
key list. 

on mouseEnter
   local tKeyList 
   wait 1 second with messages
   put the target into tTargetName
   put tTargetName into tTarget -- we need to preserver the original name
   
   if the first word of tTarget is not "field" then
  pass mouseEnter
   end if
   
   put "sitename,addr1,city,state,zip,contactname,contactphone,contactemail," 
into tKeyList
   put "itname,itphone,itemail" after keyList
   replace quote with empty in tTargetName
   put the last word of tTargetName into tLine
   put the dgDataOfLine [tLine] of me into aLineData
   
   repeat for each item tKey in tKeyList
  add 1 to tCounter
  put aLineData [tKey] into aRecordData [tCounter & ". " & tKey]
   end repeat
   
   put arrayToText(aRecordData, "record") into tText
   sort lines of tText
   set the tooltip of tTarget to tText
   show the tooltip of tTarget
   breakpoint
   pass mouseEnter
end mouseEnter

function arrayToText aArrayData, pFormat, pStripRecordKeys
if aArrayData is not an array then
put "ERROR: Data passed is not an array!" into theValue
return theValue
end if

if pStripRecordKeys is not in "true|false" then put false into 
pStripRecordKeys
-- sort tArrayKeys ascending

-- may be an array of values
put the keys of aArrayData into tArrayKeys
sort lines of tArrayKeys numeric ascending
put line 1 of tArrayKeys is 0 into tHasHeader

-- convert single array to numeric array of arrays
if line 1 of tArrayKeys is not a number then
put aArrayData into aTempArray [1]
put aTempArray into aArrayData
put the keys of aArrayData into tArrayKeys
end if

switch pFormat
case "record"
repeat for each line tArrayKey in tArrayKeys
put aArrayData [tArrayKey] into aArrayRecord
put the keys of aArrayRecord into tColumnKeys

repeat for each line tColumnKey in tColumnKeys
put tColumnKey & ": " & aArrayRecord [tColumnKey] & cr 
after tValue
end repeat
end repeat
break
case "table"
-- table header
if not tHasHeader then put cr into tValue

repeat for each line tArrayKey in tArrayKeys
add 1 to tCount
put aArrayData [tArrayKey] into aArrayRecord
put the keys of aArrayRecord into tColumnKeys
sort lines of tColumnKeys numeric ascending

repeat for each line tColumnKey in tColumnKeys
if pStripRecordKeys and (char 1 of tColumnKey is "@") then 
next repeat

if tCount = 1 and not tHasHeader then put tColumnKey & tab 
after line 1 of tValue
put aArrayRecord [tColumnKey] & tab after tValue
end repeat

put cr into last char of tValue
end repeat
break
end switch

return tValue
end arrayToText

Bob S


> On Jul 11, 2017, at 19:09 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> There should be a couple ways.. Assuming the tooltip data and the displayed
> data are already associated, you can do as suggested and pass in the popop
> information as part of the dgdata.. Then in the fillindata you 'set the
> tooltip of field 1 of me to ... the data that was passed in with the array.
>  To do this though i _Think_ you'd need a custom behavior for every
> column.
> 
> To get around this, you could use a mouseenter in the script of the
> datagrid itself that does something like..
> 
> on mouseenter
>get the text of the target
>-- then use the text of the target to look up your tooltip data and..
>   set the tooltip of the target to "whateveryouwant"
> 
> end mouseenter
> 
> i tested by setting the tooltip to a random number and it seems to work
> fine.
> 
> If you're using a form rather than a grid, its much easier, just use the
> first method in the behavior script to set whatever tooltips you like as
> part of the fillindata.   A single script edit to handle all tooltips.


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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

There should be a couple ways.. Assuming the tooltip data and the displayed
data are already associated, you can do as suggested and pass in the popop
information as part of the dgdata.. Then in the fillindata you 'set the
tooltip of field 1 of me to ... the data that was passed in with the array.
  To do this though i _Think_ you'd need a custom behavior for every
column.

To get around this, you could use a mouseenter in the script of the
datagrid itself that does something like..

on mouseenter
get the text of the target
-- then use the text of the target to look up your tooltip data and..
   set the tooltip of the target to "whateveryouwant"

end mouseenter

i tested by setting the tooltip to a random number and it seems to work
fine.

If you're using a form rather than a grid, its much easier, just use the
first method in the behavior script to set whatever tooltips you like as
part of the fillindata.   A single script edit to handle all tooltips.

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yup. But now what I want to do is intercept the hover message, or whatever
> that is that detects I am over a datagrid control, then set the tooltip to
> a string that represents selected datagrid data. The idea is that even
> though I have a subset of data actually displaying in the datagrid, I
> preload ALL the columns of the table in the dgData, and I want to be able
> to display more data from a particular record in the tooltip, depending on
> which record I am hovering over. That means I need some kind of message
> that gets sent to the datagrid when I am hovering over an element.
>
> I tried editing the script of the behavior, but of course that cannot be
> edited. I suppose I will have to copy the behavior of the datagrid to an
> independent button to play around with this. I was hoping there might be an
> easier way to do this.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> > On Jul 11, 2017, at 18:37 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's a tooltip.
> > You shouldn't have to do anything special.
> > Here's how I set the tooltip of widgets in the PowerTools datagrid:
> >
> > set the tooltip of image tWidgetNum of me to "someString"
> >
> > --
> > Mark Wieder
>
>
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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

Yup. But now what I want to do is intercept the hover message, or whatever that 
is that detects I am over a datagrid control, then set the tooltip to a string 
that represents selected datagrid data. The idea is that even though I have a 
subset of data actually displaying in the datagrid, I preload ALL the columns 
of the table in the dgData, and I want to be able to display more data from a 
particular record in the tooltip, depending on which record I am hovering over. 
That means I need some kind of message that gets sent to the datagrid when I am 
hovering over an element. 

I tried editing the script of the behavior, but of course that cannot be 
edited. I suppose I will have to copy the behavior of the datagrid to an 
independent button to play around with this. I was hoping there might be an 
easier way to do this. 

Bob S


> On Jul 11, 2017, at 18:37 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> It's a tooltip.
> You shouldn't have to do anything special.
> Here's how I set the tooltip of widgets in the PowerTools datagrid:
> 
> set the tooltip of image tWidgetNum of me to "someString"
> 
> -- 
> Mark Wieder


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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mark Wieder via use-livecode]

On 07/11/2017 06:11 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:

That is half the battle, but the trick is how to detect I am hovering over a 
datagrid element in the first place.


It's a tooltip.
You shouldn't have to do anything special.
Here's how I set the tooltip of widgets in the PowerTools datagrid:

set the tooltip of image tWidgetNum of me to "someString"

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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Bob Sneidar via use-livecode]

That is half the battle, but the trick is how to detect I am hovering over a 
datagrid element in the first place. 

Bob S


> On Jul 11, 2017, at 16:54 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>> Not sure if anyone has thought of a way to get the dgDataOfHover (so to 
>> speak) of a datagrid. By that I mean, I would like to display a tooltip of 
>> selected data from a table datagrid record whenever I hover over a control 
>> of that record. That would have to bean a mouseWithin handler in the 
>> datagrid script that waited a period of time with messages, then triggered a 
>> handler that would discern the control being hovered over and deduce the 
>> record from that.
> 
> Don't know if this meets your needs, but I set the tooltip of datagrid 
> elements in the FillInData handler of the datagrid row behavior script.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Wieder
> ahsoftw...@gmail.com


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Re: Set the tooltip of a datagrid

[Mark Wieder via use-livecode]

On 07/11/2017 04:03 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:

Hi all.

Not sure if anyone has thought of a way to get the dgDataOfHover (so to speak) 
of a datagrid. By that I mean, I would like to display a tooltip of selected 
data from a table datagrid record whenever I hover over a control of that 
record. That would have to bean a mouseWithin handler in the datagrid script 
that waited a period of time with messages, then triggered a handler that would 
discern the control being hovered over and deduce the record from that.


Don't know if this meets your needs, but I set the tooltip of datagrid 
elements in the FillInData handler of the datagrid row behavior script.


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