Javascript API - applying tooltips

Question

At the moment I have 3 menu items that draw a line, point or area on a map. I'm using

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.addPoint = "Click the map at the location you want to search";

as a tooltip for drawing the point.

However for the draw area and line I want a different tooltip for each so that it reads:

"Click to start drawing a search line" for a line and "Click to start drawing a search area"; for an area.

At the moment this is the code that's used so that the line tool tip reads as area. Is there a way to distinguish between the two?

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.addPoint = "Click the map at the location you want to search";

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.start = "Click to start drawing a search area";

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.resume = "Click to continue drawing your search area";

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.finish = "Click to continue drawing or Double-click to finish";

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.complete = "Click to continue drawing or Double-click to finish";

esri.bundle.widgets.legend.NLS_noLegend = "Legend will appear here when search results are displayed on the map.";

map = new esri.Map("map", {

logo : false

});

Any help appreciated!

Akshay Harshe · Answer

Hi Olivia, I was just trying to research this looks like you have following options: To view all the customizable widget strings view any of the samples in a browser with debugging tools open and type console.dir(esri.bundle) in the console. Tim Witt‌ is partly correct you can access the element and apply the tool tip. Here is a hack that I did in the code it uses on(document.getElementById("dijit_form_Button_2_label"), "click", function(){ esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.freehand = "Click to start drawing a search line" }); FOR THE FULL CODE USE FOLLOWING as SAMPLE: Maps Toolbar

Hope that helps Akshay Harshe Esri Technical Support

TimWitt2 · Answer

I just thought of another way that might work.

You could  change the tooltip depending on which button you press?

For example:

on(registry.byId("AreaButton"), "click", function () {

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.start = "Click to start drawing a search area";

});

on(registry.byId("LineButton"), "click", function () {

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.start = "Click to start drawing a search line";

});

TimWitt2 · Answer

Olivia,

Maybe you could create a custom window, if there is no way to do it with the native ESRI tooltips?

I have an example here:

http://jsfiddle.net/timw1984/5398h/

I know this is not an answer to your question but I hope it helps

Tim