Show tip strip on a cell of a table

[gepponline]

Hi,

   I would like to show a tip strip when I move the mouse over certain cell of a table.
The default tip strip appears the first time, but if I move the mouse, it stays on the same position. I'd like it to follow the mouse and appear only when needed.

Do I have to do it with a subvi and a lot of programming about positioning of the subvi or there is an easy way to do it? 🙂
thank you!

[Hooovahh]

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@gepponline wrote:

Do I have to do it with a subvi and a lot of programming about positioning of the subvi or there is an easy way to do it? 🙂

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That's the only way I've done it in the past.  Such a simple thing can have quite a few considerations.  How long does the mouse need to be idle before popping up?  What if the mouse is at the edge of the screen? You wouldn't want part of the pop up to be clipped or spanning two monitors.  The quick and dirty solution can be done pretty quickly but to do it nice would take some time.

One alternative might be to instead split the UI with a pane, and have a string indicator that gets updated as the mouse moves over objects on your UI.  If you have ever used VIPM it has a status string at the very bottom of the UI that indicates the status of the software but in your case could be updated on.  Not the same experience from the user but can present similar information.

[gepponline]

I found a Toolkit on the VIPM called AVERNA Balloon tip, i think it's the solution for my problem.

I can save some times 😉