[Solved] Client-side: set content to DOM element.

[dstj]

Hi,

Using version 2009 Q1 SP1 (2009.1.402.35), I'm trying to dynamically set the content of a tooltip created from the ToolTipManager Client API to some DOM element. I get the following error when calling set_contentElement(): "this._contentCell is null".

Here is a sample code to reproduce the problem :

	<script type="text/javascript">
	Sys.Application.add_load(function() {
	window.toolTipManager = $find("<%= RadToolTipManager1.ClientID %>");
	});
	function PopupTooltipManager(anchor)
	{
	if (!window.toolTipManager) {
	return;
	}
	//Find the tooltip for this element if it has been created
	var tooltip = toolTipManager.getToolTipByElement(anchor);
	//Create a tooltip if no tooltip exists for such element
	if (!tooltip) {
	tooltip = toolTipManager.createToolTip(anchor);
	var contentElement = document.createElement('SPAN');
	contentElement.innerHTML = 'Testing'
	tooltip.set_contentElement(contentElement);
	}
	//show the tooltip
	tooltip.show();
	}
	</script>
	<div onclick="PopupTooltipManager(this);">Create tooltip from manager</div>
	<telerik:RadToolTipManager ID="RadToolTipManager1" runat="server">
	</telerik:RadToolTipManager>

Am I going at this the wrong way? Can you provide any help ?

Thanks a lot,

Dominic.

[Svetlina Anati]

Hi dstj,

The RadToolTip uses a lazy initialization and that is why its UI is created just before it is shown. This being said, in order to get the desired behavior, you should first call the show() method and set the content later as shown below:

        <script type="text/javascript">
   Sys.Application.add_load(function() {
      window.toolTipManager = $find("<%= RadToolTipManager1.ClientID %>");
   });

   function PopupTooltipManager(anchor)
   {
      if (!window.toolTipManager) {
         return;
       }

       //Find the tooltip for this element if it has been created
       var tooltip = toolTipManager.getToolTipByElement(anchor);



       //Create a tooltip if no tooltip exists for such element
       if (!tooltip) {
          tooltip = toolTipManager.createToolTip(anchor);

               //show the tooltip
       tooltip.show();

          var contentElement = document.createElement('SPAN');
          contentElement.innerHTML = 'Testing'
          tooltip.set_contentElement(contentElement);
       }


    }
        </script>

        <div onclick="PopupTooltipManager(this);">
            Create tooltip from manager</div>
        <telerik:RadToolTipManager ID="RadToolTipManager1" runat="server">
        </telerik:RadToolTipManager>

Greetings,
Svetlina
the Telerik team

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