Adding a hint to a label
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Hi all, I have a question: Is it possible to add a hint to
label? Like my project is going to display the control’s value in
the control’s hint (since the text will be rather long) and we want to
have a hint around the control’s label to say what the field is used
for. So ideally I want: <xforms:input
ref=”…”> <xforms:label> My label <xforms:hint>This
is what this field does</xforms:hint> </xforms:label> <xforms:hint>The
value</xforms:hint> </xforms:input> Thanks! Stephanie -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
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Hi Stephanie,
I believe xforms:hint should be a child of xforms:input, not xforms:label. If you hover your mouse over the input the hint will display. Is this what you're looking for? Ethan
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote:
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RE: Re: Adding a hint to a label
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Hi Ethan, No, I want to have one hint display when I mouseover the label and
a different one when I mouseover the input. I was able to sort of do it by using <xforms:label><p
title=”mytext”>mylabel</p></xforms:label> but I can’t control
the style of the title attribute. Thanks, From: Ethan Gruber
[mailto:[hidden email]] Hi Stephanie, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]>
wrote: Hi
all, I
have a question: Is it possible to add a hint to label? Like my
project is going to display the control’s value in the control’s hint (since
the text will be rather long) and we want to have a hint around the control’s
label to say what the field is used for. So
ideally I want:
<xforms:input ref=”…”>
<xforms:label> My label
<xforms:hint>This is what this field does</xforms:hint>
</xforms:label>
<xforms:hint>The value</xforms:hint>
</xforms:input> Thanks! Stephanie
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Re: Adding a hint to a label
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Stephanie,
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote: > I have a question: Is it possible to add a hint to label? Like my project > is going to display the control’s value in the control’s hint (since the > text will be rather long) and we want to have a hint around the control’s > label to say what the field is used for. Like Ethan said, you can only have a <xforms:hint> for the control, not for the label of the control. I am a bit puzzled as to what you trying to do displaying the value of the input in the hint. If the value is in the hint, then it won't be editable, right? Then wouldn't you want to have an <xforms:output> instead? Would you like to have the value displayed both in the text field, and next to it in a hint? Alex -- Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise Orbeon's Blog: http://www.orbeon.com/blog/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws
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RE: Re: Adding a hint to a label
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Hi Alex,
We basically wanted a hint on the label to say "this input is for doing x" when you hover over the label and then when you hover over the input box, it displays the current value. We do this because we have a very long value but we don't have that much screen real estate. :) Thanks, Stephanie -----Original Message----- From: Alessandro Vernet [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:15 PM To: ops-users Subject: [ops-users] Re: Adding a hint to a label Stephanie, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote: > I have a question: Is it possible to add a hint to label? Like my > project is going to display the control's value in the control's hint > (since the text will be rather long) and we want to have a hint around > the control's label to say what the field is used for. Like Ethan said, you can only have a <xforms:hint> for the control, not for the label of the control. I am a bit puzzled as to what you trying to do displaying the value of the input in the hint. If the value is in the hint, then it won't be editable, right? Then wouldn't you want to have an <xforms:output> instead? Would you like to have the value displayed both in the text field, and next to it in a hint? Alex -- Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise Orbeon's Blog: http://www.orbeon.com/blog/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
Re: RE: Re: Adding a hint to a label
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Stephanie,
> We basically wanted a hint on the label to say "this input is for doing > x" when you hover over the label and then when you hover over the input > box, it displays the current value. We do this because we have a very > long value but we don't have that much screen real estate. :) One option would be to use xforms:help for showing the instructions (this input is for doing x) and xforms:hint for displaying the current value. -Markku -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws |
Re: Adding a hint to a label
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Stephanie,
I see. You could do this by combining: 1) An <xforms:output> bound to the "label" with the hint being the actual "hint" you want to show. 2) An <xforms:input> with both the the control and the label bound to the value. Now replacing all your <xforms:input> with this combination would be painful, but you can create an XBL component that exposes this combination as a new component. Does that sound like something that could work for you? Alex On Monday, January 4, 2010, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > We basically wanted a hint on the label to say "this input is for doing x" when you hover over the label and then when you hover over the input box, it displays the current value. We do this because we have a very long value but we don't have that much screen real estate. :) > > Thanks, > Stephanie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alessandro Vernet [mailto:[hidden email]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:15 PM > To: ops-users > Subject: [ops-users] Re: Adding a hint to a label > > Stephanie, > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote: >> I have a question: Is it possible to add a hint to label? Like my >> project is going to display the control's value in the control's hint >> (since the text will be rather long) and we want to have a hint around >> the control's label to say what the field is used for. > > Like Ethan said, you can only have a <xforms:hint> for the control, not for the label of the control. I am a bit puzzled as to what you trying to do displaying the value of the input in the hint. If the value is in the hint, then it won't be editable, right? Then wouldn't you want to have an <xforms:output> instead? Would you like to have the value displayed both in the text field, and next to it in a hint? > > Alex > -- > Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise Orbeon's Blog: http://www.orbeon.com/blog/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet > Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise Orbeon's Blog: http://www.orbeon.com/blog/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet -- You receive this message as a subscriber of the [hidden email] mailing list. To unsubscribe: mailto:[hidden email] For general help: mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help OW2 mailing lists service home page: http://www.ow2.org/wws
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