How to manipulate Tooltips using IronPython in Spotfire®

Introduction

This sample code illustrates how to access and perform operations on visualization Tooltips

# Copyright © 2017. TIBCO Software Inc. Licensed under TIBCO BSD-style license.

from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Visuals import BarChart
vis1=viz2.As[BarChart]()
print (vis1.Title)
#Get the count of ToolTips 
print "Total Tooltips available for viz -" + vis1.Title + " are- " +str(vis1.Details.Items.Count)

#Loop through all the Tooltips
for i in vis1.Details.Items:
 print "ToolTip - " + i.DisplayName + " is -" + str(i.Visible)
 #hide/unhide tooltip
 if i.DisplayName == 'Tip1':
  i.Visible=False
 else:
  i.Visible=True

#Add a new Tooltip called SalesAvg
vis1.Details.Items.AddExpression("Avg([Sales]) as SalesAvg")

#Change the order of the Tooltip
vis1.Details.Items.Move(0,1)

References

• DetailItemCollection
• DetailItem

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License