Tooltips

All graphic drawing elements have a Tooltips property that can be customized under the General category in the Property view. When you move your cursor over a visible element, either in the Graphics Editor Runtime mode or in the Graphics Viewer application, the descriptive text entered into the Tooltips Property field displays in the Tooltips text box with a yellow background. If you have a group of elements, the tooltips text box displays for the top-most element in the Z-order.

In addition to the customized tooltip text, the text box also contains the following information:

• Dynamic tooltip information that is the result of a Tooltip evaluation that displays a different tooltip depending on field values.
• Static and Dynamic Link Reference and Link Description
• Data point References - The names of the object and the System Browser view the name is based on. One line entry per object. This information is obtained from the evaluation expressions and the Object References property from the Advanced category.

Data Point References Notes

The Tooltips text box displays the object names of all the element’s data point references. These references are collected from the evaluation expressions and the Object References property.

The following applies to how the object names and data points are listed and displayed in the Tooltips text box:

• Object names and addresses are never converted into another hierarchy. The tooltip displays what was manually entered as the Object Reference.
• Only the last part of the object name is shown. For example, Analog Input 1 instead of System\Removable Applications\BACnet Network #1\Simulator Device #1\Analog Input 1
• The property name or property ID of an object is never shown.
• An object name is only displayed once, even if there are multiple properties associated with the object.
• Tooltips Text Box