Hovering prompting system and method

Abstract

The invention discloses a hovering prompting system which comprises a server and at least one client. The server is used for storing hovering prompting information; the client is connected with the server through a network; the client comprises a hovering signal triggering module, a hovering prompting information acquiring module and a hovering prompting information displaying module; wherein the hovering signal triggering module is used for triggering a hovering signal when a cursor stops for a long time which exceeds a predetermined value in a predetermined area; the hovering prompting information acquiring module is used for acquiring the hovering prompting information which corresponds to the predetermined area from the server according to the hovering signal; and the hovering prompting information displaying module is used for displaying the hovering prompting information in a popup window. The invention also discloses a hovering prompting method. With the adoption of the hovering prompting system and the hovering prompting method, the dynamically upgraded information prompting function or the tool prompting function can be realized.

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【Technical field】 [0001] The invention relates to the field of user interface display, in particular to a dynamically updateable hover prompt system and method. 【Background technique】 [0002] A tooltip is a small rectangular pop-up window used to prompt instructions to the user. This window displays a short description when the user hovers the cursor over a control or a specific location. Please refer to figure 1 , which shows a schematic implementation diagram of a tooltip system 100 in the prior art. The tool tip system 100 is applied in the application program. When the user's mouse hovers over the icon 102 representing the printer, a small rectangular pop-up window 104 will pop up. The content of the small pop-up window 104 is "Print(Ctrl +P)", that is to say, the small pop-up window 104 further prompts or explains the icon 102. Since tooltips have proven to be very useful to users, tooltips are now not limited to toolbars in applications, but are also widely used i...

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[0003] However, the hover prompt in the prior art is usually realized by the control or function library related to the tooltip in the programming language of the application program, so there are the following disadvantages: 1. The displayed content cannot be changed, and the displayed content is usually determined by the program. The author presets it and stores it locally when the application program is compiled. If you want to modify the displayed content later, you can only recompile the new version of the application program and distribute it to users for updates.

2. The display style cannot be changed. Since the tooltip-related controls or function libraries in the programming language are usually packaged class libraries or controls that can be directly used by programmers, the display style has been fixed and cannot be changed according to the programmer’s Use your own ideas to display, the display style is the same, and it cannot achieve a refreshing effect

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