[mapguide-internals] Re: When do we need tooltips in MapGuide?

[Michael Adair]

Fusion already supports a "Delay" parameter which represents the time 
the mouse has to be still before a MapTip will appear, defaults to 350ms 
but can also be set in the AppDef MapTip widget extension element.

Mike

On 06/07/2011 1:11 PM, andrewd wrote:
> As a user who very often uses tooltips, I would hate to have to apply a patch
> or edit files to allow them to be enabled, if that's what's being tossed
> around. I also would need them on no matter what tool is selected, for my
> purposes. I would make the suggestion that you let Maestro handle this - why
> not add something to a map definition or weblayout/fusion app that lets you
> enable/disable tooltips? Then you can use Maestro to configure things
> (allowing all users to easily enable/disable), and you could set Maestro up
> to disable them by default when making one of those types of objects (which
> would accomplish the same goal that you're looking for).
>
> Actually, as I'm writing, I've thought of another question - why should
> "QueryMapFeatures" be called every time you move the cursor? Shouldn't it
> only be called when your cursor has just been moved and is now still?
> Tooltips don't appear until you hover anyway, so why would you need to query
> the tooltip data while you're still moving the cursor?
>
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