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andrewescott 1205585265|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
In HTML, the format is
Have you ever wondered what <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> stands for?
gerdami 1205604069|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Helmuti_pdorf 1205744526|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi Gerdami!
I think he means the "hoovering" text- and how this is possible in wikidot.
( on images this is with the alt=",,," attribute, but on text I cannot image)
gerdami 1205748728|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Just wanted to say : I Hate Acronyms :-)
Phil Chett 1205749126|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
is that all acronyms you hate, or just TLA's?
Phil Chett 1205773070|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I see you have answered your own question :-)
Phil Chett 1205749188|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
would "footnotes" do instead?
Helmuti_pdorf 1205913583|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Intresting question - can I "hide" the footnotes at the bottom ( or the bibliography if I use this function) under collapsible block?
And only use the "arising text by hoovering over the text" ?
andrewescott 1205927618|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
This is an interesting suggestion. I've tried my best to get this to work at http://sandbox.wikidot.com/invisiblefootnotes but it is an ugly hack. The footnote block doesn't seem to be able to be made completely invisible, and hovering over the superscript 1 includes a comment about "click to scroll to footnotes".
Also, the whole thing is much more complex than the simple functionality I'm trying for. It's something that is widely supported in browsers, and is used not just for acronyms and abbreviations, but anywhere there's a tricky word that might need further explanation.
The other approach would be to define some a:hover rules in the CSS and tie them to links in the page, but this is a very messy approach and is not what that was designed for.
All I am after is basic HTML functionality! :)
Helmuti_pdorf 1205929431|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
but anywhere there's a tricky word that might need further explanation.
Is this not exact the functionality of a footnote?
Helmuti_pdorf 1205930635|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
let us have a try: ( see the http://sandbox.wikidot.com/invisiblefootnotes too)
my 2. try: ( Helmuti_pdorf) using collapsible block:
[[collapsible show="+ show me the hidden abbr/explanations (a.k.a. footnotes)" hide="- abbr/explanations"]]
(attributes:
show - text to be shown when folded, e.g. "+ show text"
hide - text to be shown when unfolded, click to fold
hideLocation - location of the text to hide block, values are: top, bottom, both (nice for long blocks)
)
[[footnoteblock title=""]]
[[/collapsible]]
Test of whether invisible footnotes would suffice for something like HTML1 <abbr> or <acronym> tag functionality.
Test of another text with TLA2.
Test of another text with ETLA3.
Test of another text with SFLA4.
Test of another text with LFLA5.
Test of another text with VLFLA6.
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bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla TLA7 bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
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bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
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1. try from "andrewescott" was:
[[div style="color: white"]]
[[footnoteblock title=""]]
[[/div]]
gerdami 1206007016|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Invisible footnotes ?
You can also add this code to your CSS stylesheet
.footnotes-footer{
display:none;
}
andrewescott 1206010800|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
but anywhere there's a tricky word that might need further explanation.
Is this not exact the functionality of a footnote?
Not really. A footnote's purpose is to put additional information at the bottom of the page. It was invented for a printed page world, and doesn't need to exist in a hypertext world, where information should be always right where it's needed.
For example, look at the use of the <acronym> tag at http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/204/204.css
I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I could imagine it would confuse users who expect to see a floating "Three Letter Acronym" but instead get a floating box stating
| Footnote 2. Three Letter Acronym (click to scroll to footnotes) |
Any suggestions for removing the top and bottom lines of this box (i.e. remove the references to footnotes)?