Set Font Properties On Mouse Hover Of Push Button And Text Items At Run time In Oracle Forms

Change the font size and weight of text items and push buttons on mouse hover in Oracle Forms.

 

An example is given below to highlight the text in text items and highlight the label of a push button item at run time whenever mouse enters or leave, by using set_item_property and get_item_property command to set the Font_Size and Font_Weight property.

 

The code is written on When-Mouse-Enter trigger and on When-Mouse-Leave trigger.

 

The following is the screen shot of this example:

 

 

This form can be downloaded from the following link Mousehover.fmb

 

The code is written on the When-Mouse-Enter trigger at block level is:

 

declare

mitem varchar2(100) := :system.mouse_item;

begin

 if get_item_property(mitem, item_type) in ('BUTTON', 'TEXT ITEM') THEN

     set_item_property(mitem, font_size, get_item_property(mitem, font_size) + 2);

     set_item_property(mitem, font_weight, FONT_BOLD);

 END IF;

end;

 

The code is written on the When-Mouse-Leave trigger at block level is:

 

declare

mitem varchar2(100) := :system.mouse_item;

begin

 if get_item_property(mitem, item_type) in ('BUTTON', 'TEXT ITEM') THEN

     set_item_property(mitem, font_size, get_item_property(mitem, font_size) - 2);

     set_item_property(mitem, font_weight, FONT_LIGHT);

 END IF;

end;

 

See also: Change Button Icon At Run Time on Mouse Hover