On Oct 4, 11:25 am, paulp575 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 3, 12:29 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the other thread, the advice was given as an example > > new GMarker(latlng, {title:"Tooltip text"}) > > in your case you have > > new GMarker(point) > > as a part of one line ; to make it like the example you would use > > new GMarker(point, {title:"Tooltip text"} ) > > > A more realistic example might look like > > var tooltipText = "Some wordies" ; > > var marker = new GMarker(point, {title: tooltipText} ); > > using normal javascript variable-substitution > > > Have you seen this invaluable resource? > > http://econym.org.uk/gmap/ > > see in particular > > http://econym.org.uk/gmap/tooltips.htm > > Yes, I am aware of Mike's excellent tutorials, but missed the Tooltips > tutorial! > > Now that I have and added the appropriate line: > > var marker = new GMarker(point, {title:name}); > > to my code, I am disappointed that it uses the text in the label part > of the marker code in the xml file.
1. last I looked, tooltips are just text (unless you implement your own solution) 2. Whatever code creates the "name" string is on your page and you can change it. -- Larry > > For example, my first marker includes: > > label="<b>Ahtanum Multiple Use Area</b>" > > which causes the tooltip to display: > > <b>Ahtanum Multiple Use Are</b> > > and doesn't display in bold. > > That is partially a good thing as I don't need to tooltips in bold! > But I do want the tooltips to display. > > Here's the map with the tooltip code included: > > http://www.wohva-map-catalog.org/index-TT.htm > > I'm wondering if there's a way to create a style solely for the > tooltip? > > Thanks, > > Paul- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
