A general tip for newbies out there...
If you want to have a form field message in a tooltip rather than that big green message box...
1) Create your form as usual in JCook. Ad your tool tip text in the table, field properties > Messages Tab > Information.
2) Install your new component
3) Edit administrator/components/com_mycomponent/models/forms/myform.xml
4) Find the field you want the tooltip and change
msg-info="MESSAGE_REF_HERE"
to
description="MESSAGE_REF_HERE"
5) Edit administrator/components/com_mycomponent/css/validationEngine.jquery.css and format a tooltip icon
.fieldsform label.hasTip {
background-image: url(../images/icon-16-info.png);
padding-right:16px;
background-position: right center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:124px;
}(You might have to mess around with the width depending on your form)
6) Create your 16px icon and place it in administrator/components/com_mycomponent/images/icon-16-info.png
For more info see...
www.j-cook.pro/forum/9-coding-inside-you...stylingbehavior#5641
www.j-cook.pro/forum/9-coding-inside-you...alidationengine#6090
I find Tool tips are particular handy when the form field is small and you need a lot of text in the tip. Tips also don't crowd the page like permanent messages.
It would be fantastic if this was an option in JCook someday. Chef - it would mean just changing "msg-info" for "description" in the form XML generator.
Hope that helps,
Cheers
