Scott,
> I haven't been following this discussion in detail, but will the individual > objects in the group have tooltips separate from the group? If so, how will > the user know when a tooltip applies only to an object versus the group? I > would say, from a usability standpoint, it would be effective to use > Jacqueline's technique since mousing *near* the group could provide a > tooltip separate from the individual objects. I don't think this is an issue. Or better said : one should not confuse the logic behind programing vs the logic behind using an app... I mean : there's a logic behind any user interface, and in a specific context, when end users point at an object, it should be clear what the tooltip applies to. OTOH, from a programer's point of view, groups can be used for many tricks, like gathering several objects that will be viewed by end users as 1 single entity, whose content may vary slightly over time... In that case, using a single tooltip will save quite a lot of time and scripting... > > > If you really wanted to get "regional" you could create a transparent image > as your group tooltip object that contained opaque regions corresponding to > the locations of all objects in the real group. If you then enlarged those > opaque regions all around (similar to applying a 20 pixel stroke to draw > graphic) and placed this image behind your group, the group tooltip would > respond only when the mouse came within 10 pixels of any object, not just > when entering the overall rect of the group. > OK. But honestly, don't you think that being able to toggle between group tooltip and individual objects tooltips (by changing a single property) would make things A LOT easier ? Best, JB _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
