Set "Context Help" using VI Reference

[PhillipBrooks]

Add a LabVIEW application method or property that would allow us to set the object of the context help so that we can specify a VI from a tree based browser (much like the Project Window does).

https://lavag.org/topic/9167-context-help-for-a-vi-without-loading/?p=54820

[Hooovahh]

I don't know what is is about your wording, but it took me far too long to understand what you want.  Maybe its just early.  

I could see value in being able to programmatically set the context help window using an object reference.  But by default the object you hover over is what the help turns into.  So if you overwrote the window with new data, wouldn't moving the mouse over some new object change it again?  Wouldn't you need other methods for turning off the default hover behavior?

[PhillipBrooks]

I would like to create a UI that includes a tree control that organizes the execution order of my test steps. When the user selects an item in the tree, I would like to load the VI help for the item in my tree, much like the behavior of LabVIEW Project Explorer window.

Currently, I only see the context help for the tree control.

The addition of a Property or Method that would accept a reference to a VI ( .vi, .ctl, XControl?) could be set/called using events such as MouseDown or ValueChange to explicitly set the Context Help window contents. If the user moves the cursor to a different screen item, the context help would update as usual.

Basically, a Context Help override capability.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Phillip: Just update the Context Help for the control that you're over. You can read that from the VI (or any other source) and write it to the control. Here's an example where I do that to display the mouse coordinates in the CH.

[Darren]

Any idea that has not received any kudos within a year after posting will be automatically declined. 

[littlesphaeroid]

I support this suggestion, and note that the property and method browse dialogs show the context help for individual properties while hovering over them in a tree control. I can't figure out how to reproduce this behavior, but something close is possible as described here.