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From: Sylvain Wallez <sylvain@apache.org>
Subject: Re: [Woody] wd:help
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Jeremy Quinn wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but it does not appear that the <wd:help/> 
> tag of the <wd:widget/> is supported by the 'woody-field-styling.xsl', 
> except for when it is used inside a <wd:group/>.
>
> Would anyone object to me adding this?


Certainly not! Do it, do it ;-)

> I was thinking of adding handling for this to the 'woody-field-common' 
> template, by adding a '?' that is linked to a javascript alert 
> containing the text of the <wd:help/>, that sits just after the field, 
> like the required '*".
>
> Alternatively, it could be done with a <div> popup.


I would prefer this solution which would allow for markup in help, and 
the CalendarPopup.js in Woody [1] already contains a library for this to 
build the popups [2].

Having a "?" IMO makes the page look "heavier", and I was thinking of 
placing a "help mode switch" in the pages. This switch (analogous to the 
one that appears in the title bar of some dialog on Windows) would 
change the mouse cursor to a "?" and display the associated help (if 
any) associated to clicked elements. How hard would this be to do?

[1] http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/calendarpopup/
[2] http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/popupwindow/

>
> WDYT?
>
> regards Jeremy
>
>


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