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Using Tooltips with Mapping Data

This section covers how to create and edit tooltips on map features. Any imported data set can have tooltips added, a tooltip being an item of text displayed when the Mapping | Pan and Tooltip button is active and a feature on the map is clicked.

The various settings that can be assigned and altered in creating tooltips are arranged in sections:

  • Properties
  • Tooltip
Properties

General information on the order and name of the tooltips

  • Name: The prefix used when displaying the tooltip
  • Order: The sequence to display the tooltip relative to the other tooltips being displayed, ordered from low to high, with low being towards the top. Tooltips
  • The actual tooltip to be displayed
  • Header: The property or attribute of the mapping feature to be displayed in the tooltip, the values listed are defined by the dataset.
  • Aggregate: For mapping dataset stylisation this option can be ignored and left at its default: None.

Save

Press save to commit the changes and update the map.

The commands in the bottom left of the screen can be used to create, copy and delete extra tooltips.

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