Trigger, generate, and display hover helps for multiple user interface elements
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving user input via a user interface control, requesting display of pieces of hover help information associated with user interface elements displayed on a page where each user interface element includes one of a link, a text, or a graphic;
analyzing the page for determining the pieces of hover help information associated with the user interface elements; and
outputting some of the pieces of hover help information associated with a plurality of the user interface elements for concurrent display on the page with each other and with the user interface elements where pieces of hover help information associated with functional, clickable user interface elements are output and pieces of hover help information associated with non-functional, non-clickable user interface elements are not output.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving user input requesting display of pieces of information associated with user interface elements displayed on a page; analyzing the page for determining the pieces of information associated with the user interface elements; and outputting some of the pieces of information associated with a plurality of the user interface elements for concurrent display on the page with each other and with the user interface elements. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving user input via a user interface control, requesting display of pieces of hover help information associated with user interface elements displayed on a page where each user interface element includes one of a link, a text, or a graphic; analyzing the page for determining the pieces of hover help information associated with the user interface elements; and outputting some of the pieces of hover help information associated with a plurality of the user interface elements for concurrent display on the page with each other and with the user interface elements where pieces of hover help information associated with functional, clickable user interface elements are output and pieces of hover help information associated with non-functional, non-clickable user interface elements are not output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product for outputting hover help information associated with a plurality of user interface elements, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to receive user input via a user interface control, requesting display of hover help information associated with user interface elements displayed on a page where each user interface element includes one of a link, a text, or a graphic; computer usable program code configured to analyze the page for determining the hover help information associated with the user interface elements; and computer usable program code configured to output the hover help information associated, with a plurality of the user interface elements for concurrent display on the page with each other and with the user interface elements, where pieces of hover help information associated with functional, clickable user interface elements are output and pieces of hover help information associated with non-functional, non-clickable user interface elements are not output.
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