How do I set up a link to have a text note ‘pop up’?
Under ‘On Click’, I have tried using the ‘New PopUp’ option, which produces a box that only seems to take objects with no facility for displaying text.
Hi @andrex991. In the popup, place a text box with the text you want to appear, and a background if you want one. Make sure you select ‘on hover’ to open the popup and also make sure you ‘close’ when you leave. Does that make sense?
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Thanks @scoutdesign. I placed some text and a background in the popup … but the rest escapes me! I cannot see or make appear an ‘on hover’ option to select.
Is this an inline text link? I don’t think the hover option is available for that. If it is a button with text then you can use the hover state to open a popup.
Hi @andrex991 
Confirming what @scoutdesign said, it is possible to add a text box within a popup. However, as @gsstamas mentioned, the “Mouse hover” function (or ‘on hover’ trigger) isn’t available for text links; this function is reserved for buttons.
If it’s possible for you to use a button instead of a text link, you will be able to use this function:
Otherwise, it’s more complicated.
Thanks for your help All.
It seems I need to use a button, so I will attempt to use one. However, cannot remember whether I have used one before and whether they can be used ‘in line’ or not. I will try and report back. There must be others who would be interested in ‘hovering - to bring up text’
I can see how to program a button to show a text box on hover, but one important thing I would like is to fix the button as part of a text line ie in place of a character. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.
You could have your normal text, and place a transparent Button over the text you want to be clickable. You would have the text underlined indicating to the User it can be clicked. The transparent Button would sit over the underlined text giving you the option to either Mouse Hover or On Click for them to open the Popup of text.
Thanks @FlaminFig. I can see what you are suggesting, but as I see the way a button works (whether transparent or not) is that it seems to have fixed coordinates. I have a long rolling set of lines (all containing various urls) and I require the button (or hover source object) to move along with the text when amendments or additions are made.
Ok, that won’t work for you then.
OK Thanks @FlaminFig . Over and Out.
I have sent you a private message @andrex991
Thanks @Allan Gallant for your very clear instructions. Well, I thought I understood all and to test, I imported a text box and inserted six identical lines and followed your instructions to the end (I believe). See attachment of result. I highlighted “my test button” on line 2, selected ‘Smart field’ and replaced the first stars with “yo ho ho” and then replaced the second set of stars with “… and a bottle of rum”. I then clicked back onto the page and did a Preview with the result you can see in the attachment. All that seems to have happened is my highlighted text has been deleted … there is no underlined “yo ho ho” showing to hover over!
I did try 
Yes, I did remember to select it!
Oops, I understood what was wrong. In the code I sent you, simply delete the 3 characters at the very end of the code ( ``` ), and it should work. These characters shouldn’t be there.
If you still need help, feel free to use private messages instead; it’s preferable to avoid discussing code in public discussions 