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Adding tooltips to charts

You can add a tooltip to a chart. Tooltips appear when a user moves the pointer over an object in Browse or Find modes. Tooltips can be static text or the result of a calculation.

To add, change, or delete tooltips:

1.	In Layout mode, select the chart to which you want to add a tooltip.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.

3.	Do the following in the Inspector:

 

To	Do this
Create a tooltip that displays static text	For Tooltip, type the text you want to appear.
Create a tooltip that displays the results of a calculation	Click . In the Specify Calculation dialog box, build a formula for your calculation. Click OK.
Change the tooltip	Modify the tooltip text as required.
Delete the tooltip	Delete the tooltip text.

Tip  In Layout mode, choose View menu > Show > Tooltips to identify objects with tooltips. Objects with tooltips display an icon in Layout mode.

Notes

•	Tooltips display in FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced, and databases published to the web with Instant Web Publishing.

•	All calculation results display as text, including dates, times, and numbers.

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If the object’s tooltip calculation returns an empty string, no tooltip displays. For example, if your tooltip displays related data and the relationship is missing, the tooltip will be empty. If an error occurs in the calculation, the tooltip displays invalid or partially valid results with question marks.

•	When you copy or duplicate chart with a tooltip, FileMaker Pro applies the tooltip to the new object.

•	Tooltip text wraps if it exceeds 40% of the width of the screen.