topic Re: turning off the Draw tool tooltip in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

turning off the Draw tool tooltip

TobinCrain — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:35:25 GMT

I know I can change the tooltip for a drawing tool by using something like this:

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.addPoint = "Click to add point";

However, how can I turn off this functionality so that nothing is displayed as the user moves around on the map while adding a point?

Thanks,
Tobin

Re: turning off the Draw tool tooltip

DianaBenedict — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:46:43 GMT

I know I can change the tooltip for a drawing tool by using something like this:

esri.bundle.toolbars.draw.addPoint = "Click to add point";

However, how can I turn off this functionality so that nothing is displayed as the user moves around on the map while adding a point?

Thanks,
Tobin

You can specify showTooltips: false for the draw toolbar options both during NEW and when activating a tool.
https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jsapi/draw-amd.html#draw1

new Draw(map,options)

Re: turning off the Draw tool tooltip

TobinCrain — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:39:22 GMT

Thanks Diana. I appreciate your help. Is there a way to turn off the tooltips for an individual tool, rather than for the entire toolbar?

Re: turning off the Draw tool tooltip

MarkHoover — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:52:21 GMT

As Diana said, you can also do this when activating any given tool.

activate(geometryType,options?)

That options object is configured in the same way as when creating a new Draw Toolbar, and has a showTooltips option that can be set to false.

https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jsapi/draw-amd.html#activate

Re: turning off the Draw tool tooltip

TobinCrain — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:47:33 GMT

Thanks to you too Mark. Not only did I miss it in the Help once, but twice. Must be a Monday!!

Thanks again to both of you for your help.