re: feature request: hover help/tooltip text

[tim bogie gvds com au]

Todd Chambery wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sure you have plenty on your plate, but a feature a I think would be 
> useful:
> 
>     Hover help/tooltip text
> 
> I have some large diagrams with lots of notes, many of which are 
> definitions.  They're important for saving me from flipping to the data 
> dictionary, but tend to clutter the diagram as a whole.  It would be 
> helpful to attach a tooltip to these texts (or any widgets) that would 
> only appear when the mouse is hovered.  These tips could be indicated by 
> an underline or glow, and would not show up on the exported/printed diagram.
> 
> What do you think,
> 
> Todd

I'm not trying to talk you out of your idea but would using an additional Layer (Diagram -> Layer) work?  You can turn on or turn off the layer depending on the amount of information you need to see at any given time.

Timothy