Description:

Provides alternative display modes for field notes. This module adds an action tag @FIELD-NOTES-DISPLAY that accepts the following inputs: 'hover' - displays the text when the field is hovered over; 'tooltip' - places a help icon, which displays the text in a tooltip when hovered over; 'popover' - places a help icon, which displays the text in a popover when clicked


Limitations:

Works only on data entry forms, NOT relative to surveys.

The Mobile app does not utilize this External Module and is unaffected by any of its settings.


Notes:

Configured from within the field in which you want to modify. Entry is not seen under the External Modules section.

Configured using one of 3 action tags:

@FIELD-NOTES-DISPLAY="hover"

@FIELD-NOTES-DISPLAY="tooltip"

@FIELD-NOTES-DISPLAY="popover"

When disabled, associated action tags have no effect and field notes will display as they normally would.

Functionality is marginal when using mobile browser such as Safari on iOS. Hover does not display note at all.  Tooltip and Popover behave erratically, acting more like popover but do not readily close.


Testing:

External Modules are NOT part of the standard REDCap support package. Therefore, REDCap upgrades may impact this functionality; there is potential for a REDCap upgrade to break the module configuration for your project(s). Therefore, we ask that you test your module with every REDCap upgrade and please send an email to help-redcap@bmi.cchmc.org alerting us of any issues you have when testing/utilizing a module.


To request a module for your project, send a request to help-redcap@bmi.cchmc.org.

More information on External Modules can be here.

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