[mailto:mootools-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of soundseller
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:14 AM
To: MooTools Users
Subject: [Moo] Re: Tooltips / JSON Question

Hello Matthew,
thanks for the advice.
You have been really helpful and kind.

I have already tried all the stuff you are trying to tell me(in my
initial post I already tried to get the element using
el.get("alt") ), but the problem is
that none of that worked ->

...onShow: function(tip,el) {
tried this
var term = el.getAttribute('term');
and
var term = el.get('alt');
and
var term = el.get('whatever');
or
var term = $(el).get('whatever');

...
I know how to get an elements property.
What I don't know is how to get the elements property of the currently
hovered tooltip link - from within the "onShow" function.

I thought that the "hovered element" is being passed to the "onShow"
function

"...onShow: function(tip, el <-hovered element? ) {"

but all I get if I try to use el.get("alt") is "Object [object Object]
has no method 'get'"

Oh well - sun is shining - gonna get my shorts now - off to the court!

On Mar 24, 4:37 pm, "Matthew Hazlett" <hazl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use a tag that exists already like alt.

> This is all I can suggest to you, all you have to do is read the
> documentation.  If you can't figure it out from all these hints then you
> should think about taking up tennis.  I don't even think you are trying.

> <a id="foo" alt="Tennis is fun">Serve</a>
> alert( $("foo").get("alt") );  // Prints out Tennis is fun

> Also look
here:http://mootools.net/docs/more/Interface/Tipshttp://mootools.net/docs/co
re/Element/Element#Element:get

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> From: mootools-users@googlegroups.com

> [mailto:mootools-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of soundseller
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:38 AM
> To: MooTools Users
> Subject: [Moo] Re: Tooltips / JSON Question

> Hi,
> thnx for your reply.
> I tried to get a value from the hovered element(term):

> <a href="#" class="tips" term="Germany">Germany</a>

> I thought that according to the docs the above element gets passed as
> "el" to the

> ...onShow: function(tip,el) {
>                 var term = el.getAttribute('term');...

> function and that I could retrieve it like this:

> var term = el.getAttribute('term');

> But I get an error:

> Object [object Object] has no method 'getAttribute'

> So I tried it like this:

> var term = $(el).getAttribute('term');

> Doesn't work either.
> Will keep on trying.
> Cheers

> On Mar 24, 2:50 am, "Matthew Hazlett" <hazl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't know why kind of data you are trying to pass, but it's really
easy
> > to do (it's just calling a function).  I'm not going to write it for
you,
> > you need to keep trying but you are on the right path.  

> > I'll give you a hint, pass two variables to get_content one is the tip
> > object the other you need to figure out for yourself.

> > You can also look at this (they may or may not be what you

want)http://mootools.net/docs/more/Interface/Tipshttp://mootools.net/docs/co

re/Element/Element#Element:gethttp://mootools.net/docs/core/Element/Element#

Element:storehttp://mootools.net/docs/core/Element/Element#Element:retrieve

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mootools-users@googlegroups.com

> > [mailto:mootools-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of soundseller
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:45 PM
> > To: MooTools Users
> > Subject: [Moo] Re: Tooltips / JSON Question

> > Hi Matthew,
> > thanks for your patience.

> > As I pointed out in my first post I want to pass a variable to the
> > request function.
> > This variable I want to get from the tooltip element(currently hovered
> > element).

> > It says in the docs(Yes, I did take a look at them :) "The default
> > function for the show event, passes the tip element and the currently
> > hovered element."

> > Thats why I thought I could do sth like this:

> >  ...onShow: function(tip,el) {
> >                 var term = el.getAttribute('term');...
> > or this:

> >  ...onShow: function(tip,el) {
> >                 var term = $(el).get('rel');...

> > But that does not work.
> > So I came up with all that crazy stuff.
> > Any help is appreciated.

> > On Mar 23, 11:29 pm, "Matthew Hazlett" <hazl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Why are you using an each loop then, just update one not all :/  
> > > (RTFM might help too) :-)

> > >http://mootools.net/docs/core

> > > Instead of:

> > >     onShow: function(tip,el) {
> > >         tip.fade('in');
> > >         var ttips = $$('a.tips');
> > >         ttips.each(function(element,index) {
> > >                 get_content(element.getAttribute('term'));
> > >       });
> > >    },

> > > Just use:

> > >     onShow: function(tip,el) {
> > >        tip.fade('in');
> > >        get_content(tip);
> > >     },

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mootools-users@googlegroups.com

> > > [mailto:mootools-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of soundseller
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:50 PM
> > > To: MooTools Users
> > > Subject: [Moo] Re: Tooltips / JSON Question

> > > Hi Matthew,
> > > thanks for your help.
> > > The problem is, that if I have several links with tooltips attached,
> > > everytime one of them
> > > is hovered, the requests for all of them are fired.

> > >http://mootools.net/shell/RVAeU/6/

> > > Hmmm...
> > > Any help is appreciated.

> > > On Mar 23, 10:01 pm, "Matthew Hazlett" <hazl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Yes, your code makes no sense.

> > > > When you hover and show the tool tip you are adding an event to
reset
> > the
> > > > tool tip next time it is shown.
> > > > You need to execute the updater on that iteration not the next one.

> > > >http://mootools.net/shell/RVAeU/5/

> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mootools-users@googlegroups.com

> > > > [mailto:mootools-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of soundseller
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:55 PM
> > > > To: MooTools Users
> > > > Subject: [Moo] Re: Tooltips / JSON Question

> > > > So I tried sth else, which is terrible code, but maybe you can see
> > > > what I am
> > > > trying to do and give me some support.
> > > > It works only on the second hover.

> > > >http://mootools.net/shell/RVAeU/4/

> > > > Thnx

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