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I have researched this from the old forum but nothig quite to my liking. I want to create a tooltip for a button that pops up if the user hovers over button for more than 4 seconds. To achieve this I use the action SHOW after a DELAY of 4 seconds, however the delay is only in showing the tip. What I want is to be able to test if the user hovers over the button for longer than 4 seconds then show tip.

Perhaps you could try:

var mousePos = GetMousePosition()
var mouseX = mousePos.x
var mouseY = mousePos.y
wait(4)
tip.Show()
tip.SetPosition(mouseX + 70,mouseY)
tip.SetTransparency(0)


The wait line says wait four seconds before showing the tooltip.
You might want to take a look at Chris Jones' site: http://graphicsinaction.com/forum.htm

Look for the tooltip imp. I think this could help you.

Hello carib,

Here is another solution (non-script)...

I know the situation you face, as the delay action gets queued and will always activate. I tried working on this myself some time back, by way of variable conditions and whatnot. Robin Garrett then showed me the most simplest way by using frames. It is amazing how simple it is.

You place an object within a frame. The frame is initially hidden and the object is also initially hidden, but has the "Show after 4 seconds" on it's Properties Tab.

This procedure is extremely easy to implement, with minimal actions required.

See attached.

Steve

The download appears not to exist anymore - I'm interested in it too, is there another way of obtaining it?

Chris

Hi Chris,

This is strange as the link works for me. Here it is again. I have renamed it. Let me know if you have any problems downloading it.

Thanks, Steve - it worked for me that time!

Chris

This is great! Your solution is very simple and I will try and incorporate chris's postion sensiteive scrip in my solution.