datatip properties

Description

The Datatip entity is a leaf of the graphics entities hierarchy. This entity defines the parameters for datatips.

parent:

See polyline_properties help page.

children:

See polyline_properties help page.

visible:

See polyline_properties help page.

data:

See polyline_properties help page.

box_mode:

This field contains the default box_mode property value for the datatip. Its value should be "on"(box drawn) or "off" (no box drawn).

label_mode:

This field contains the default label_mode property value for the datatip. Its value should be "on"(label written) or "off" (no label written).

orientation:

This field sets the position on the text box with respect to polyline point. The possible values are 0 (upper left), 1 (upper right), 2 (lower left), 3 (lower right), 4 (left), 5 (right), 6 (upper) or 7 (lower).

z_component:

This field adds z position in the box. Its value should be "on" (z position written) or "off" (no z position written).

auto_orientation:

This field contains the default auto_orientation property value for the datatip. Its value should be "on"(automatic orientation) or "off" (no automatic orientation). In the "off" case, See orientation property.

interp_mode:

This field sets the interpolation mode for tip location. Its value should be "on"(interpolation is made between mesh points) or "off" (the tips can only be located at the mesh points).

display_function:

See polyline_properties help page.

font_foreground:

This field contains the default font_foreground property Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).

foreground:

This field contains the default foreground property used to draw the box. Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).

background:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_mode:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_style:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_size_unit:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_size:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_foreground:

See polyline_properties help page.

mark_background:

See polyline_properties help page.

user_data:

See polyline_properties help page.

tag:

This fields contains a string generally used to identify the control. See figure_properties help page.

See Also

• polyline_properties — description of the Polyline entity properties
• figure_properties — description of the graphics figure entity properties
• graphics_entities — description of the graphics entities data structures

History

Version	Description
5.5.2	New "orientation" values available: "left", "right", "upper", "lower".