GuildWiki talk:Suggestions/Mouseover on skill icons

That would be a great feature, the one thing standing in the way is implementation. If someone can code it, preferably wiki-side (I don't think Wikia gives us too much option for server-side changes)... and assuming it doesn't take a ton of work to put into place... I would love to see skill icons with popup descriptions. We already have short descriptions packed into the skill templates, so getting a source for the popups would be simple; they could be designed just like the skill quick-references we have.

It would take some Javascripting, if I'm not mistaken... if it wasn't such a complicated system, I'd work on it myself. CSS and minor HTML is my only coding strength at the moment. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  07:27, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to add attributes too, like if a monster has 15 in an attribute the skill would show what it does at rank 15? --Macros 07:32, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

We could just grab the Javascript off pvxwiki, but we really ought to adapt it to our skill storage. The biggest hindrance is that we can't put JS on the page directly; what we can do is place the data to be displayed into an attribute of the div that has the skill icon and the javascript just reads that and displays it. Doing it like this would allow us to add popup info to just about anything - but it'd have to be coded with care so that site security can't be compromised. --◄mendel► 08:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

To me it seems more trouble than it's worth, especially when it comes to monster exclusive skills and discovering attributes for monsters. I doubt anyone will want to stand in Old Ascalon with a pen and paper for a couple hours and write down each skill and effective numbers just so they can put it up on a wiki for someone ELSE to code it in later. It's too convoluted. Plus, it'll get rougher when you get into areas where the monsters pose an actual threat, and you have to juggle staying alive, baiting certain skills and writing (or typing) it down.. &mdash; Powersurge360 Violencia  08:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)