PopUp or ToolTip like instruction

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Problem:
Is it possible to create a similar experience as when working with the Gutenberg editor the first time (the help boxes that pop up consecutively) with just Toolset?

Solution:
In short, no, you can read a comprehensive introduction of what would need to be done here https://toolset.com/forums/topic/tip-message-pop-up/#post-1340311

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Last updated by FelipeP5703 5 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Beda.

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September 13, 2019 at 7:40 pm #1340157

FelipeP5703

Is there a way to create a "Tip Message Pop Up" - the video explains better - hidden link

September 14, 2019 at 8:23 am #1340311

Beda

This can be created with Custom HTML, and some scripts that interact on the user side (so JS, jQuery, React, anything along with those languages).

It cannot (natively, with inbuilt GUI features) be built in Toolset - you can, of course, use Custom HTML, etc within Toolset, but it doesn't offer anything to make that task easier.
Not only you'll need HTML containers, buttons, links, contents and more (which in Toolset generally is always subject to Custom HTML/CSS/JS, or nowadays to what you can use as Gutenberg Blocks), but you also will need some custom scripts that act like a "query", so to forward to the next hint, maybe go back to previous, or even remember current hints read or not read.

WordPress natively offers some of its own methods to the Public as API but that is not remotely as sophisticated as you outline, it basically consists in the error messaging and warnings you are used to by plugins, for example, asking to update, or requiring other software.
I am sure for the new Gutenberg interface, the same message and warning API structure is behind the new features so one could use those methods, but that's all deep custom code, that is not related or achievable as such with Toolset.

Maybe you could profit from Elementor Popup Builder, I have heard of that used here in the forums quite a few times
But I am not sure you can do "history" hints like you show (and WordPress does as hints in the backend) with that one.

Depending on how complex your hints have to be this can be done with a few lines of HTML and JS, or very complex apps.
The simplest most likely is using Bootstrap Tooltips:
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And I think that is what I would google for:
"Dynamic Tooltip Plugin WordPress".
Brings up a few results:
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I hope this helps!

September 14, 2019 at 1:36 pm #1340367

FelipeP5703

Beda, you went out of your way to explain something to me, I REALLY appreciate it! It's clear now that it won't be an easy task, so maybe only having a popup video explain the backend for the user will do the trick for now. My issue is resolved now. Thank you!