Custom mouseover hints and page scrolling

norman · Post by **norman** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:33 pm

Hi,

I've added a number of text hints that appear when you pass the mouse over annotations on the Chart (using the method demonstrated in the Customising Mousover Marks as an example). I've noticed that if the page is longer than the screen (i.e. you have to scroll down to view the entire contents of the page) then the hints dont always appear in the correct position. For example, when my page first loads the entire chart is visible and if I hover over the annotations then the hints appear in the correct (assumed) position (e.g. just to the bottom and right of the hotspot)? However if I scroll down the page (so half the chart is visible but the same hotspot is closer to the top of the page) and I hover over the hotspot, then the hint appears way above the hotspot (and sometimes is not visible at all). Is this normal or is there something up with how the hints are being positioned. I'm using IE 7 and the hints contain html (e.g. table tags).

Thanks,

Norman

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:55 am

Hi Norman,

This seems to be the same issue described here. You could try using Marc's suggestion.

norman · Post by **norman** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:28 am

Hi Narcís,

Am I correct in my understanding of the post that fixed positioning on the page is recomended - this option is not available to me as the layout of my pages are dynamic and can change (think of a CMS where authorised users can reposition modules/web parts containing charts on a page). Is there anything else I can do? (Its a bit frustrating when you go so far down a track with custom annotations and mouseover hints only to be tripped up at the last hurdle.

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Thanks,

Norman