Each linked shape usually carries a symbol, one or more labels and a tooltip value, determined by the underlying M-Files object.
Open the “Values” section in the Properties pane on the right to see these values or change them. You will notice that each element already has a few entries and the menu area is divided into different components.
You can edit these values with the pencil icon or add new values by clicking on the plus icon next to each entry. After selecting the plus symbol next to Values
, you can choose to create a New Value
or a New Tooltip Value
. Depending on which entry you select, a different dialog appears.
If you select New Value, the Add New Value
window opens. Here you can select numerous settings for the content and format of the symbol item and its labels. On the left-hand side of the window, you can find options for value entries, on the right-hand side is the text or condition field:
normal
attributes for LineStyle, LineColor or FillColor or you can use conditional
attributes that change dynamically, e.g. by changing the metadata of the object. For further information, see Working with conditional Values.normal
standard attributes for Text (content), FontColor, LineStyle, LineColor or FillColor or you can use conditional
attributes that change dynamically e.g. by changing the metadata of the object. For further information see Working with conditional Values.Show Title
specifies if the title of the metadata property or only its contents are displayed. If you activate this option, you can also manually adjust the display in the Title
area.Show Icon
specifies if the M-Files icon of a property is displayed.Show Value
specifies if to display the contents of a metadata property, for example, if you want to display the icon only.Word Wrap
specifies if the textual content of a label is automatically wrapped.Number Multiple Entries
Depending on which property you have previously selected from the dropdown menu, multiple values may be displayed in the label. If you activate this item, they will be numbered. Often it is not practical to display all context information and metadata properties directly on the map. This would make the visualization look too overloaded and would irritate the user. Therefore, you can display additional important information in the context of a symbol, task, or M-Files object, in so-called Tooltip Values.
Tooltips in M-Files Process Maps can be created in HTML code. This enables you to use the HTML syntax for hyperlinks, tables, formatting and links to web services or mailto etc.
After clicking on the plus symbol next to the heading Values and selecting the entry New Tooltip Value
the window Edit Tooltip Values opens:
Confirm your selection with a click on Apply
so that the tooltips are modified.
If you click on the plus button Add Tooltip Value
, the Add new Value window opens. In this window you can create your own texts, add texts from metadata or use and modify placeholders and templates:
Show Title
specifies if the title of the tooltip or only its contents are displayed. If you activate this option, you can also manually adjust the display in the Title area.Show Icon
specifies if the M-Files icon of a property is displayed.Show Value
specifies if the contents of a metadata property are displayed, e.g. if you want to display the icon only.
Click on Add
to add the new entry to the list of tooltip values.