[bt-devel] hyperlinks in display windows

Joachim Ansorg bt-devel@crosswire.org
Sat, 25 Aug 2001 20:23:19 +0200


Hi!

> > My dream is, that the text which belongs to the reference is displayed in
> > a small tooltip window if the mouse stops over such a hyperlink. IMHO
> > this is nice and possible to implement, too.
>
> Yes, it is! The same could be done with footnotes. But the problem is that
> there may be entries which are too long for a tooltip, esp. for strongs.
> Maybe we should have a config section where users can define their
> preferred OT and NT strong's dictionary. When the mouse moves over a word
> with strong's, the tooltip will be displayed. When clicking on it, the
> strong's dictionary will jump there if it is already open or be opened
> there if it is not.
> BTW that way would eliminate the need for the "show footnotes" and "show
> strong's" button. They can always be displayed.

How could we do that? Do think about putting the hyperlink to the strong 
number directly on the word?
How could we do this with footnotes? Remember, footnotes are not hyperlinks.

Joachim