Variable tooltip for JForm field

[MarkRS]

I want to set an input field's tooltip from data.

I can do it easily enough when I code the html output myself in (eg) <view>/tmpl/default.php but I can't seem to do it with data loaded from an XML form.

I'd hoped

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		$this->form->setFieldAttribute($fieldname, 'description', $value);

would do it, but this sets the tooltip of the field label, not the field itself.

Is there a way to do this?

[paulala]

You could use some page specific JS to set the tooltip of the parent at load or at any other time after if necessary.

[MarkRS]

Thanks Paula. I might have to do that, I'd hoped not though

[SharkyKZ]

"description" attribute is generally used for labels. Inputs normally do not have tooltips. What type of field are you using?

[MarkRS]

I'm not very good at "normal"

It's only a normal (ooops) text field. I was going to use the tooltip to show the translated text for the page's selected "alternate" language. However, somewhat to my surprise, the translation functionality looks very usable by extension writers so I think that's the way I'll go.