Link Tooltip Plugin Dev Discussions

Just a note on an idea I would like to implement.

By using the "title" tag of links we can show a tooltip that shows some info on the page linked to.

Examples:

• size, last changed ... LinkTooltipPluginDev
• a small abstract (the first 3 lines) LinkTooltipPluginDev
• a META variable (e.g. META:ABSTRACT) LinkTooltipPluginDev

PS: it seems I already opened a topic on TooltipPlugins ...

-- AndreaSterbini - 01 Mar 2002

Looks good, maybe we could start small by allowing it in the [[ syntax.

Perhaps we could use [[url][name]/[tooltip]]??

-- JohnCavanaugh - 09 Mar 2002

I am packaging and enhancing a LinkTooltipPlugin from some code FrancoBagnoli has written for his WebComplex site (in Italian) ... see you soon!

• uses the wonderful javascript overlib.js javascript library
• adds a internalLinkHandler hook to the plugins hooks
• shows the summary only if the user is allowed to view the topic

TODO:

• save the topic summary to a Mysql database at topic save time (beforeSaveHandler)
• define a plugin FORMAT variable with the following vars:
  • $web
  • $topic
  • $webColor
  • $summary
  • $size
  • $isoDate
  • $author
  • $changedBy

-- AndreaSterbini - 24 Sep 2002