topic Re: No Hover tool-tip in Map Viewer? in ArcGIS Online Questions

No Hover tool-tip in Map Viewer?

JamesLabate — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:35:55 GMT

Hi All,

Am I missing something or does ArcGIS.com Map Viewer not support tool tips when you hover the mouse over a feature? For example, with ArcGIS Explorer Online you would hover over a feature point, and you would get a tool-tip, not a pop-up, to appear without
clicking. This tool tip would show the record of whatever field you configured as the pop-ups title.

This is not supported as just a part of map viewer without having to create an application?

Thanks,
Jim

Re: No Hover tool-tip in Map Viewer?

Anonymous User — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:11:03 GMT

Hi Jim,

Correct, there is no tool tip in the Map Viewer.

Thanks,
Andrew

Re: No Hover tool-tip in Map Viewer?

JamesLabate — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:21:15 GMT

Andrew,
Thanks for response,
Obviously the follow up question is - is there a way to create one without actually having to do an app? I just presented an AGOL site to a NYC agency and one of the universal comments I received from reviewers was, "can't you hover over these points and get the office location name?" And all I could tell them is you used to be able to with Explorer but they're phasing that Explorer out? Together with the fact that you can't easily label features - and I'm forced to write a big text in the title telling our not very tech savvy audience for this site to click on features in map for info. Please put tool-tips into map viewer if you're phasing out Explorer. Hovering over features is reflexively the first intuitive response users do.

Jim

Re: No Hover tool-tip in Map Viewer?

Anonymous User — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:30:32 GMT

Hi Jim,

We're working to add the ability to label features in the Map Viewer. It would not provide the hover over experience, but would display a text label related to the feature.

If you needed to have the hover over ability, this is something you would have to add in a custom application. Unfortunately this is not planned to be added to the map viewer, but would be great to post to the ArcGIS Ideas site.

Cheers,
Andrew