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Adding tooltips on layouts

You can add tooltips to layout objects. Tooltips appear as small yellow boxes when a user moves the pointer over an object in Browse or Find modes. Tooltips can be static text or the results of a calculation.

To add, change, or delete tooltips:

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

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

3.	In the Position area, do the following.

 

To	Do this
Create a tooltip that displays static text	Type the text you want to appear as the tooltip in the Tooltip field.
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.

4.	Press Enter or Tab, or click outside the Inspector to apply the changes.

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

Notes

•	Tooltips display in FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced, FileMaker WebDirect, and runtime database solutions.

•	Tooltips display in Browse and Find modes and in Form View, List View, and Table View.

•	You can add a tooltip to grouped objects. All objects in the group will display the same tooltip.

•	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 an object with a tooltip, FileMaker Pro applies the tooltip to the new object.

•	Tooltip text may wrap, depending on your operating system and the length of the text relative to the screen's width.

Related topics 

Creating a layout

Viewing records as a form, list, or table