Help option for st.dataframe?

ngallo1 · February 16, 2023, 7:02am

I would like to put a small help icon, as exists for other widgets like st.slider, near a table or data frame I am displaying to provide more information when a user mouses over it. Something like
st.dataframe(df_weather, help="Weather data collected in NYC")
What would be the best way to accomplish something like this? I want to avoid displaying this information directly to the app.

ferdy · February 16, 2023, 11:03am

Looks like a nice feature request to the dev.

ngallo1 · February 17, 2023, 7:06pm

Do I need to make an explicit request or do they take requests from this forum?

mathcatsand · February 17, 2023, 10:48pm

GitHub is the best place for feature requests as it is the official place the devs track issues/requests.

I see that there is a current request for a general-use tool tip that you may be interested in upvoting:

github.com/streamlit/streamlit

Tooltips outside of widgets

opened 04:29AM - 15 Sep 22 UTC

quantoid

type:enhancement

### Problem We find it difficult to make charts 100% self-explanatory. There is… always some knowledge assumed, otherwise we'd have to put a load of text onto the dashboard that users only ever read once, after which it just becomes clutter. We've tried using `st.expand` but they still take up space when collapsed, and lots of them on a dashboard is not a great look. ### Solution Provide a function called something like `st.help` or `st.hint` that renders as a (?) icon, where hovering _or clicking_ on the icon pops up a panel with the relevant help content. Basically similar to the help icons on input widgets like `st.selectbox` but with more space for help content. ```python with st.help("using this chart"): st.markdown("Use this chart to see which...") ``` --- Community voting on feature requests enables the Streamlit team to understand which features are most important to our users. **If you'd like the Streamlit team to prioritize this feature request, please use the 👍 (thumbs up emoji) reaction in response to the initial post.**

system · February 17, 2024, 10:48pm

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