Re: [Gimp-user] Adding Hotspots

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 06/20/2016 04:18 PM, Pat David wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:28 PM Elle Stone
> <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com <mailto:ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>>
> wrote:
>
>     You can do "on hover text" without using javascript. Do an internet
>     search on keywords such as: css image on hover text
>
>     For example using css3:
>     http://geekgirllife.com/place-text-over-images-on-hover-without-javascript/
>
>
> Except I think the OP was asking about regional hover areas on an image
> overlaying information:
>
>  > I want to add hotspots to my drawing where I can hover the mouse over
> an item and while it is there some additional information will pop up nearby

I think this is closer to what the op is looking for (I remember this 
link from trying to do something similar awhile back):

http://green-beast.com/experiments/css_map_pop.php


> This is different than an image rollover, which is more of what is being
> described in your link.  Technically you _could_ create a text area near
> an image that could show different text varying based on context of
> mouse position (possibly triggered through :hover, :focus, or :blur
> events).  But that's outside the scope of what OP was asking for I
> think.  At least in the context of an image editing program.

What the OP wants isn't part of any imaging program that I'm aware of.

> tldr; sure you can do this - pick a programming language or
> html/css/possibly-js combination and augment your image in that way.
> Images themselves don't do this normally.


Best,
Elle