Tooltip sticks

1

Hi,

I have done the Kirupa tool tip tutorial, but I need the tip to animate like a speech bubble popping up.
i have created a tween for it on the caption movieclipand it works fine on the first icon but seems to be stuck on the last frame
ie. fully grown when I hover over any more icons. Why?

Thx.

2

I have a slight idea of what you mean. You could use the hovering caption tutorial to do what (I think) you are trying to do. Have a movieClip open up the bubble and then a dynamic text box in the last frame. Your button will tell that dynamic text box what to say. Like:
[AS]
on(rollOver){
_root.movieClip.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.movieClip.textBox=“Hey, is that a shirt you’re wearing?”;
}
//then on a different button
on(rollOver){
_root.movieClip.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.movieClip.textBox=“It sure is!! Bought it at the dollar store!! Hey hey!”;
}
//bad example text…I know…
[/AS]

Does that help?

3

Hi,

Yeah, that looks good. But would the clip rewind itself automatically to frame 1 for the next button or would I need to do this manually?

4

Yes, it would; because if you rolled off the button before it was done, it will still play throughout unless you add:
[AS]
on(rollOut){
_root.movieClip.gotoAndStop(1);
//because that’s an empty frame…
}
[/AS]
Regaurdless, everytime you rollOver your button, it’s always gonna start at frame 2. No matter if it’s already playing or not.
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