BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

Tooltip

displays label as a tooltip while the mouse pointer is in the area where expr is displayed.

Background	None	background color for the tooltip
BaseStyle	{}	base style specifications for expr
LabelStyle	{}	style specifications for the tooltip
TooltipDelay	0	how long to delay before displaying the tooltip

Tooltip can be used to specify tooltips for curves and points in functions like Plot and ListPlot.

The settings for BaseStyle and LabelStyle are appended to the default styles typically given by the and styles in the current stylesheet.

Use a string as a tooltip for an expression:

Label every curve with a tooltip:

Specify the tooltip explicitly:

Use a string as a tooltip for an expression:

Out[1]=

Label every curve with a tooltip:

Out[1]=

Specify the tooltip explicitly:

Out[2]=

Use graphics or any other expression as a tooltip:

Label each expression with a tooltip:

Label each point with a tooltip:

Use tooltips for objects in graphics:

Use Dynamic to recompute the tooltip every time it is looked at:

Delay for a specified number of seconds before the tooltip appears:

Alter the style of the tooltip:

Use cell-level options to change the appearance of the entire tooltip:

Make a table of polynomial factorizations, giving integer factorizations as tooltips:

Use a plot of the formula as the tooltip:

Make a grid of Lissajous curves with their formulas as tooltips

Use the formulas as tooltips for each surface:

Tooltip, Mouseover, and PopupWindow can all be used to display additional information: