Add a Comment to a Text Field

[avargs]

Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way, similar to the option in Excel to add a comment to a particular cell so that when one hovered over the cell, a small box with additional text would appear.Also, I was curious to see if there is a button that could be made to show all comments or disable all comments.Example, a user who has a question with filling out a form clicks the "help" button. Automatically, all the notes pointing to the cells appear on the screen without the need of hovering over them. Once he is done he can click that button again and he can resume filling out the form.I am currently running LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2Thanks,
-vargs

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Each object has an accessibility property sheet where you can tool tips. Tool tips are displayed when you hover over an object.

You can access the tool tips through script. For example, in JavaScript var tip = customer.page1.firstName.assist.toolTip.value;

A help button could iterate through all the form objects and display the content in a pop-up, a hidden field, a dynamic sub-form, etcetera.

Steve

[avargs]

By this statement, are you talking about triggers?

If so, how can I access this capability through LiveCycle?

[Former Community Member]

There are many ways this can be accomplished. Take a look at the attached. I added a Help button so you can toggle how you want to display the tool tips in two simple ways.

The simplest approach is message box.

The second simplest approach, at least in my mind, is a hidden field that overlays the blue rectangle.

There are endless possibilities.

Steve

P.S. I just realized there is a schema reference in the form. Just ignore it.

[avargs]

This works great.

Thank you so much for your help steve.

I really appreciate it.

[Former Community Member]

Did you include a swf file in the post to demo the popout?

I have to say that was way cool.

[Former Community Member]

The images are just .png files I attached using the camera icon in edit (reply).

Steve