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Aug 13.2008

Hi,

The event handler “window.onkeypress” is used to detect if a key has been pressed.

Is there a similar event handler to detect if a tooltip popup appears?

Thanks

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@HoboScriptAug 13.2008 — Hi,

The event handler "window.onkeypress" is used to detect if a key has been pressed.

Is there a similar event handler to detect if a tooltip popup appears?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

On mouse over a link or whatever makes your tooltip appear... make a timeout that runs around the same time as the appearance. If they mouse out, immediately clear the timeout so the event won't trigger.
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@cdmanauthorAug 21.2008 — Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I am not sure how synchronizing the timeout with the mouseover would detect the presence of a tooltip popup. Please elaborate.

I'm proposing the following solution.


window.customEvent = printTest;

function printTest() {

document.write("Tooltip popup exist");

}


However, I'm not sure how to go about writing the customEvent handler.
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@HoboScriptAug 21.2008 — Well tooltips show up after a delay. So just sync the delay with a timeout.
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@cdmanauthorAug 22.2008 — Hi,

Based on your advice, I wrote the following code fragment.

Assuming the tooltip popup will appear after 2 seconds, I don't see how the timeout can detect the tooltip. Please advise. Thanks.


var timer;

window.onmouseover = startCount;

window.onmouseout = clearTimeout(timer);

function startCount() {

timer = setTimeout("alert('Tooltip popup exist')", 2000);

}
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