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TdxChartSeriesToolTipOptions.PointToolTipFormat Property

Specifies a formatting pattern for series point tooltips.

Declaration

property PointToolTipFormat: TdxChartTextFormat read; write;

Property Value

Type Description
TdxChartTextFormat

The formatting pattern for series point tooltips.

Remarks

Series point tooltips display additional information on series points, such as arguments, values, and corresponding series captions. This tooltip appears when the mouse pointer hovers over a series point and the Chart control’s ToolTips.SimpleToolTipOptions.ShowForPoints property is set to True.

VCL Chart Control: A Series Point Tooltip Example

Use SeriesToolTipFormat and PointToolTipFormat properties to define formatting patterns for series caption and series point text displayed in simple tooltips at the level of individual series. The PointToolTipFormat property also defines a formatting pattern displayed for a series in a Crosshair Cursor label.

A tooltip formatting pattern can consist of static content and one or more placeholder fields. A placeholder field is an expression enclosed in curly brackets that starts with a supported placeholder variable followed by a colon and a value formatting expression.

Diagram ToolTip Format Settings

The following properties define formatting patterns for series caption and series point text in simple tooltips and crosshair labels at the diagram level.

TdxChartDiagramToolTipOptions.PointToolTipFormat
Specifies the formatting pattern for series point tooltips at the diagram level.
TdxChartDiagramToolTipOptions.SeriesToolTipFormat
Specifies the formatting pattern for series tooltips at the diagram level.

These settings affect a series only if SeriesToolTipFormat and PointToolTipFormat properties have default values.

Tooltip Format Example

The following expression displays a tooltip with a series argument followed by a series value with two decimal places and a measurement unit: '{A}: {V:0.00}M sq.km'.

VCL Chart Control: A Custom Tooltip Format Example

Supported Placeholder Field Variables

{V}
A series point value. If custom display text is defined for a series point value, the {V} placeholder variable displays this text instead of the actual value.
{A}
A series point argument. If custom display text is defined for a series point argument, the {A} placeholder variable displays this text instead of the actual argument.
{S}
A series caption (the Caption property value).

Supported Formatting Expressions

The Chart control supports all Spreadsheet-compatible formats as well as the following formatting expressions for date/time values in {V} and {A} placeholder fields:

c

A tooltip displays a date followed by a time value. ShortDateFormat and LongTimeFormat field values define date and time formats, respectively.

Note

The time value is hidden if it matches midnight.

ddddd
A tooltip displays only a date value. The ShortDateFormat field value defines the date format.
dddddd
A tooltip displays only a date value. The LongDateFormat field value defines the date format.
t
A tooltip displays only a time value. The ShortTimeFormat field value defines the time format.
tt
A tooltip displays only a time value. The LongTimeFormat field value defines the time format.

Placeholder Field Errors

A tooltip displays the following string if the formatting pattern contains an unsupported placeholder field: 'Variable "" not found!'.

VCL Chart Control: A Placeholder Field Error

Default Value

The PointToolTipFormat property’s default value is an empty string.

The default PointToolTipFormat property value indicates that the series uses the tooltip formatting pattern defined at the diagram level.

See Also