[Vtigercrm-developers] tooltips & helptext

[Alan Bell]

thanks, very helpful indeed!
I filed a ticket for it
http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/8559#ticket

On 17/02/15 22:37, Hamono, Chris (DPC) wrote:
>
> Thanks Uma
>
> I have worked out what needs to be done.
>
> There is no interface for adding help text to the vtiger_fields table 
> so you will need to use your favourite sql tool to edit that field 
> (phpmyadmin or the commandline client)
>
> Add the help text to the helpinfo column matching your target fieldname.
>
> Go to the template you want to add the help text to. In my case I 
> edited the layouts/vlayout/modules/Vtiger/EditViewBlocks.tplfile which 
> effects all modules
>
> Here is an example before and after code snippet
>
> Before:
>
> <td class="fieldLabel {$WIDTHTYPE}">
>
>    {if $isReferenceField neq "reference"}<label class="muted 
> pull-right marginRight10px">{/if}
>
>   {if $FIELD_MODEL->isMandatory() eq true && $isReferenceField neq 
> "reference"} <span class="redColor">*</span> {/if}
>
> After:
>
> <td class="fieldLabel {$WIDTHTYPE}">
>
>         {if $FIELD_MODEL->get('helpinfo') }
>
>          <a style="margin-left: 5px;margin-top: 2px;" href="#" class=" 
> pull-right" rel="popover" title="{vtranslate('Help', $MODULE)}" 
> data-placement="top" data-trigger="hover" 
> data-content="{vtranslate($FIELD_MODEL->get('helpinfo'), $MODULE)}"><i 
> class="icon-info-sign"></i></a>
>
>          {/if}
>
>          {if $isReferenceField neq "reference"}<label class="muted 
> pull-right marginRight10px">{/if}
>
>          {if $FIELD_MODEL->isMandatory() eq true && $isReferenceField 
> neq "reference"} <span class="redColor">*</span> {/if}
>
> Lastly add the following code to the *end* of 
> layouts/vlayout/modules/Vtiger/JSResources.tpl
>
> <script>
>
>     jQuery().ready(function(){
>
> jQuery('[rel=popover]').popover();
>
>     });
>
> </script>
>
> This is what you should get when you have finished..
>
> Chris
>
> *From:*vtigercrm-developers-bounces at lists.vtigercrm.com 
> [mailto:vtigercrm-developers-bounces at lists.vtigercrm.com] *On Behalf 
> Of *Uma S
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 February 2015 4:56 PM
> *To:* vtigercrm-developers at lists.vtigercrm.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Vtigercrm-developers] tooltips & helptext
>
> Hi,
>
> Hope so you can feed in data to help info field of vtiger_field table 
> and make us of this while creation of field model, which in turn can 
> be used with tooltips.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Hamono, Chris (DPC) 
> <Chris.Hamono at sa.gov.au <mailto:Chris.Hamono at sa.gov.au>> wrote:
>
> I have searched through the source code and there are a number of 
> references to tooltips
>
> The vtiger_fields table contains the helpinfo field which I assume is 
> for tooltips or help info. But the glue between that field and 
> displaying it in the templates seems to be missing. There is also no 
> way to edit that field via the GUI.
>
> Also bootstrap tootip.js is loaded on every page load yet it appears 
> unused.
>
> As our client requires us to provide help info for each field how can 
> we complete the linking of the helpinfo field to the tooltip or a 
> popup help div?
>
> Yes I am aware of the vtigerexperts module in development but it seems 
> to me a great deal of work has already been expended creating the 
> framework, I see no need to reinvent the wheel.
>
> Any information or help is appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
>
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> -- 
>
> With
> Best Regards
> Uma.S
>
> Vtiger Team
>
>
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