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1/1/2011 11:41 PM

Robert Baker

www.zxytek.com
Joined: 7/12/2005

Posts: 28

Event tooltips

Event tooltips behave in a manner that is not intuitive to all users. For example, "links" in the event description are not available to click on until an event is opened. Some users chase these links as though they are playing a video game and some become frustrated and give up.

One of my users informed me that on his Merrill Lynch investment account he can mouse over the security symbol resulting in a small window popping up with details on that security. This window:

1. Does not move as the mouse moves [the user can move their cursor into the popup window / box]
2. In this window / box there are a number of clickable links / buttons which, when clicked, display the security profile, view detailed account position, etc.

This is the kind of functionality that my user expects as it provides a natural usage model that requires no special explanation.

He also saw this kind of box on his Vanguard investment site. He states that Vanguard's pop-up box functionality is fairly recent, only showing after their latest website re-make. He further stated that this appears to be a javascript function of some sort, since a javascript function line appears in his bottom browser bar instead of a URL link.

Bottom line, I am searching for a solution that will satisfy my user. Is the behavior I am seeking something that can be obtained with a change to one of the templates? If so I am seeking a sample - if not what other approach is suggested?

Happy New Year,

Robert Baker

1/2/2011 4:50 AM

Roger Selwyn

www.thedivingclub.co.uk
Joined: 9/23/2004

Posts: 3531

Re: Event tooltips

Hi Robert,

The events module uses an opensource set of javascript to provide the tooltip - Boxover. The challenge in providing the functionality you are looking for, and I know would be appreciated by others, is finding an appropriate opensource replacement. We don't currently have any javascript coders in the project team, so aren't able to build the functionality ourselves.

Feel free to post this request on our CodePlex site, the link is in my signature, and we will look to improve this.

Thanks
Roger

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1/3/2011 5:18 AM

Renato Morell

Joined: 8/28/2006

Posts: 149

Re: Event tooltips

Hi Robert,

A quick win for you could be to edit /DesktopModules/Events/Scripts/Tooltip.js
Uncomment and change line 192 to

boxMove=false;

And a "close tooltip"-link on line 159 - change to

dvHdr.innerHTML=CBE.boHDR+'  <a href=" void(0);" title="close" onclick="fadeOut();"><img src="/images/delete.gif" alt="close" /></a>';

Now, users should be able to click tooltip content.
Hope this helps!

Cheers
Renato

1/3/2011 5:21 AM

Roger Selwyn

www.thedivingclub.co.uk
Joined: 9/23/2004

Posts: 3531

Re: Event tooltips

Hi Renato,

Thanks, your help is always appreciated :-) I'm actually investigating the use of RadTooltipManager since this has a large amount of configurability, so I would hope to include this in a future release.

Cheers
Roger

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1/3/2011 6:52 AM

Roger Selwyn

www.thedivingclub.co.uk
Joined: 9/23/2004

Posts: 3531

Re: Event tooltips

Hi Robert,

I have figured out the use of DNNToolTipManager which uses RadToolTipManager at the back end. This enables the function you need, so I will look to include in the next version of Events (which I guess will be some months away). In the meantime you should be able to use the changes Renato suggests to meet your needs.

Cheers
Roger

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