How to: Expose Tooltips (Devices)

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Each button tag in the Skin Definition File can include a line for ToolTips. Hovering over a hotspot on the skin pops up a ToolTip, if one has been assigned, that shows information about the feature represented by the hotspot. The hotspot is typically a button, for example, Soft Key 1. The ToolTip shows the name of the button as specified in the ToolTip element in the Skin Definition File.

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To expose ToolTips on the skin

  1. In a button tag in the Skin Definition File, assign a color value to mappingColor.

    The following example is from the Pocket PC 2003 Skin Definition File:

    <button
    toolTip="Soft Key 1"
    onClick="DOWN:0x5b 0x70 UP:0x5b"
    mappingColor="0xF26C4F"
/>

  2. Assign a text string for toolTip.

    If you hover over the button that has the color 0xF26C4F, a ToolTip with the text Soft Key 1 is displayed.

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Customizing Skins (Devices)