i've built a form which has tooltips defined for each row of the table the form is layed out on. using the mouse to go to a particular field within the form is great because the tooltips show as you mouse over each element - even mousing over the prompts shows the tooltips because they are in the same table row as the field and the title= is defined on the table row.
the only issue is that the forms tend to be long and most users will tab from field to field instead of using their mouse. that means they may not see the tooltips. so, what i want to do is have the onfocus of the form fields call a function to show the tooltip that relates to them. But how to do that? How do i get a reference to the instance of the tooltip for that particular row of the table?
any pointers gratefully received.
one other approach to this as a fallback option would be to have the tooltip only on the form fields and make it respond to both onMouseOver and onFocus. Is that possible?
thanks,
rob
the only issue is that the forms tend to be long and most users will tab from field to field instead of using their mouse. that means they may not see the tooltips. so, what i want to do is have the onfocus of the form fields call a function to show the tooltip that relates to them. But how to do that? How do i get a reference to the instance of the tooltip for that particular row of the table?
any pointers gratefully received.
one other approach to this as a fallback option would be to have the tooltip only on the form fields and make it respond to both onMouseOver and onFocus. Is that possible?
thanks,
rob