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8.1

<viztip>.setTextName

Sets the name of the variable used for retrieving tooltip text

<viztip>.setTextName(  
name  
)  
name

Remarks

This command sets the name of the variable used for retrieving tooltip text from objects. If an object has an attribute with a name that matches this variable then the attribute value will be displayed in the tooltip.

Return Value

None

Example

import viz
viz.go()

viz.add('tut_ground.wrl')

#Create models with tooltip text
ball1 = viz.add('ball.wrl',pos=(-2,1,5))
ball1.tt = 'Ball 1'

ball2 = viz.add('ball.wrl',pos=(0,1,5))
ball2.tt = 'Ball 2'

ball3 = viz.add('ball.wrl',pos=(2,1,5))
ball3.tt = 'Ball 3'

#Create a tool tip object
import viztip
tip = viztip.ToolTip()

tip.setTextName('tt')