topic Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

AlexGilvarry — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:32:10 GMT

Is it possible to access and change the text that appears in the tooltip popup when using the drawing tool?

I'm using the Point drawing tool to to add both a point and text to my map, and would like to alter the text depending on what i'm doing. The documentation for the draw tool mentions being able to change the text, but asks you to click on a broken link for more information.

The Dojo site has some info on the tooltip dijit, but I'm unclear on how to access the default settings in the javascript API.

Any help is appreciated!

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

KellyHutchins — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:33:34 GMT

Alex,

Thanks for pointing out the bad link. We'll get that updated soon. The info on how to change the default text can be found in the 'Modify Dijit Text' section of this help topic:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jshelp/localization.html

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

DianaBenedict — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:57:06 GMT

Kelly

I found this link a while ago that describes all the digit text strings .. is this viable for now until ESRI updates the documentation?

http://222.161.18.222:8080/arcgis_js_api/sdk/help/jshelp/inside_bundle.html

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

KellyHutchins — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:04:40 GMT

Diana,

That link is a bit outdated - the easiest way to view all the current text strings is to view an app using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript in a browser then open a developer console like Chrome Developer Tools or Firebug. In the console tab of the developer console type console.log(esri.bundle) to display the current text strings.

Kelly

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

LeoLadefian5 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:22:39 GMT

Hi Kelly, I'm trying to find the location of the strings in webappbuilder in order to change the tooltips, can you help?

Thanks!

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:30:08 GMT

Leo,

WAB use the JS APIs default strings for the draw dijit. So it is the same as change the draw tooltips for the APIs draw dijit as Kelly speaks of above.

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

CharlesBailey3 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:45:58 GMT

Robert I've looked everywhere for that tooltip for the select tool to no avail. Where is it hidden? Thanks, cob

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:59:52 GMT

Cobb,

You need to have the proper require in your code:

"dojo/i18n!esri/nls/jsapi"
esriBundle
‍‍
esriBundle.toolbars.draw.addPoint = "blah";‍‍‍‍

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

CharlesBailey3 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:05:44 GMT

I saw that one, but what about the select tool? Is it in the draw toolbar or standalone? Thanks Robert -cob

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:16:58 GMT

Cob,

The select widget uses the jimu/dijit/FeatureSetChooserForMultipleLayers.js which uses jimu/dijit//DrawBox which uses the JS API Draw toolbar.

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

CharlesBailey3 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 16:20:13 GMT

Thanks for your patience Robert, but I'm going to have to let this one go. Like finding the ark of the covenant to change a tooltip text. However, I do intend to embark on a WAB developer learning adventure, probably from the ground up. What's your suggestion for the best starting point and sequence - Dojo, Javascript, ESRI JS API, CSS, HTML 5, or some other topics? Many thanks for your help - cob

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 16:35:23 GMT

Cob,

It would be this order:

Javascript, ESRI JS API, CSS, Dojo.

Re: change draw toolbar tooltip text/bad documentation

CharlesBailey3 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 21:43:06 GMT

Thanks again Robert- I'll get right on it!