Yeah, I use the tool tips a lot. But the field I need displays the x,y values under a data plot, as the user moves the mouse within the plot axes boundary. . In that way, the user gets a convenient way of getting values from a data plot. Bill
William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:20 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > Have you ever used a toolTip? They follow like a loyal dog. > > > Craig Newman > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> > To: Use-livecode Use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 6:01 pm > Subject: Whats the proper way to show a help field? > > > Folks: > I have a help field that I want to pop up and follow the mouse when it’s > within > a specific rect. What I’m doing is showing the x,y values in a data plot > region. > So, I do something like: > > on mouseEnter > doTheDisplay > end mouseEnter > > on doTheDisplay > repeat while the mouseLoc is within theRect > doStuff that shows the field and its contents > end repeat > end doTheDisplay > > The problem with this is I am getting “Recursion Limit” errors. > > > William A. Prothero > http://es.earthednet.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode