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Tooltip Padding

 		3/31/2020 1:15:09 PM
PHPRunner General questions
need2sleep authorDevClub member

I have an Add page setup in 3 columns with a vertical checklist (label, checkbox, tooltip).
I'm setting up a tooltip on a checkbox control and there seems to be some massive padding between the checkbox and tooltip even though I chose a left align to get it closer. I wasn't able to figure out using Inspector. It seems like other controls too are excessive in size sometimes even when I choose compact.
The checkboxes are nested inside a Tab inside a StepFrame. What are some tips you guys use to make things fit?
Thanks!
lefty 3/31/2020



I have an Add page setup in 3 columns with a vertical checklist (label, checkbox, tooltip).
I'm setting up a tooltip on a checkbox control and there seems to be some massive padding between the checkbox and tooltip even though I chose a left align to get it closer. I wasn't able to figure out using Inspector. It seems like other controls too are excessive in size sometimes even when I choose compact.
The checkboxes are nested inside a Tab inside a StepFrame. What are some tips you guys use to make things fit?
Thanks!


Ahhh. I have been working on same issues for hours on this type of issue.

Some Suggestions and they can be different depending on menu settings and filters.
Some of my observations:

  1. Make Checkbox row ( make cell deny wrap ) which should fix the tooltip problem. If tooltip is to big see below!
  2. Make Tab in step full width manually ( cell width settings ) , and see your changes in editor , if that don't work see below.
  3. Make other rows match each other if 3 columns , make sure checkbox row is three columns even if there is no fields in the other two.
  4. Give enough room on width ( change width of pixels or percent ) see ? "mark next to widths" of field cell on that row. Set to you liking even though it would take up empty rows for the three columns, it will still format correctly when built.
    Quick Fix is to make the checkbox field the first row in the add page or the last row if that is feasible. You will see that it seems to format better.
  5. If it truncates and tooltips goes to more columns not to your liking, , make cell for that field and whole cell / deny wrap.
    You may have to seperate labels, fields , tooltips to test this before merging or joining back.

    Last Resort : Make Page Full Width , Make each cell no wrap while separated in all three columns.
    Check editor for correct format , although it may not seem incorrect , build and look.
    This is something that seems to be a learning curve from 9.8 to 10.0+ and really is a pain in the ..... . but with the new source since 10.0 it will get better with time I hope.
need2sleep authorDevClub member 4/2/2020

thanks for the tips, I'm going to try them out.