Jason posted an article explaining how to implement Mouse Over tooltips in Siebel Open UI almost an year ago. Unfortunately I was not able to get that working due to issues with qTip plugin. A lot has changed since then so, I decided to give tooltips one more try using the vanilla tooltip functionality that comes with jQuery UI.
The architecture is essentially same with few key differences that are:
- No plugins used (vanilla jquery ui tooltips functionality)
- No PostLoad.js hacking. (View PR)
- Use JSON format to store tooltip data.
I was able to create a generic View Level PR that can read tooltip data from a JSON file and display the tool tips on field by field basis for list as well as form applets. Using the view level PR made the implementation really simple and using JSON file allowed me to ditch the server side processing completely.
Here is a video showing how it all works when functional.
Interested in solution details ??? Find the comments section or cast your vote!!!
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.