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Remove non labels from hovering information

ron_horne — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:07:45 GMT

Hi All,

I was wondering if the is a way to define that coordinates will not be shown when hovering the cursor over points?

By default, when hovering the cursor over a point in any graph, the label is given together with the coordinates. I would like only the labels to be shown. In the example picture, I would like not to see the height and weight but just the name.

Thank you!

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

gzmorgan0 — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:01:54 GMT

@ron_horne,

The only method I know of would require a custom display:

Turn off the report preference of Hover Help.
Encapsulate graph with a MouseBox container that tracks and whose function displays the row label.

It will be interesting is there is a method to do this. If not, this would make a good wishlist item: add a Graph Preference toggle option to show point "values" (similalry for point "labels"?) .

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

ron_horne — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:55:12 GMT

thanks @gzmorgan0 for the tip.

digging a bit further i found this hover label editor. but there is no reference to it anywhere. Perhaps it is hiding somewhere in this feature.

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

stan_koprowski — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:21:34 GMT

Hi @ron_horne

Link to information regarding editing hover labels and customization.

You will find options for textlets, graphlets, and gridlets.

cheers,

Stan

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

jules — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:10:27 GMT

Hi @ron_horne

As far as I know, there is not an out-of-the-box method for suppressing the default hover label data, even with the Hover Label Editor options now available in JMP 15. The Hover Label Editor will let you add additional information (and graphics!) to the hover, but any variable used in a data graphing or decoration role (i.e., X , Y, Overlay, Color, and Size) will always be included in the hover.

EDIT:

After some prompting by @Mark_Bailey who was sure he saw a way to do this, I investigated further and there is indeed a way to do what you need. You'll use the "Gridlet" option in the hover label editor, where you have the option to modify existing labels by name. Here's how you would do it for your example using Big Class:

Enter the Hover Label editor by right-clicking the graph > Hover Label > Hover Label Editor
Select the Gridlet section on the left
In the "Delete" tab (the first tab at the top) we may enter the name of the variables we would like to remove from the Hover Label. I'll enter "height" and click Add, and then "weight" and click Add. Do not quote these entries when entering them (even though they will appear quoted once added).

Your hover label will now show only the labeled column of Name:

I hope this helps, and thanks @Mark_Bailey for the correction!

@jules

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

ron_horne — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:39:43 GMT

thank you @stan_koprowski ,

this is a step in the right direction.

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

ron_horne — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:42:56 GMT

Thank you @jules

For me this would be quite useful in case of dots on a map. Most times i need other information than the coordinates.

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

jules — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:17:47 GMT

Hey @ron_horne,
Please see my updated reply above -- there is indeed a way to do this.
@jules

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

ron_horne — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:32:33 GMT

Diabolical!

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

nascif_jmp — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:21:29 GMT

Thanks @jules and @Mark_Bailey for the correct solution.

@ron_horne:You could make your hoverlabel customization more dynamic by taking advantage of the different types of Matching Criteria supported by the Gridlet operators. Let's say you are still experimenting with your graph, and assigning different variables to the X and Y roles. You could refer to the entries you want to remove by Index (one of the options under the Matching Criteria dropbox) and add delete operators for 2 or 3 entries after the first one, which contains the label you want to see.

You can even delete all entries and then use the Append operator to add any content you want - even the values for columns that don't have the Label flag set.

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

hogi — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:23:34 GMT

If the graph contains subplots via Wrap, Group Y or Group X, the Hover Label Editor even allows to define for each subplot different values to be added or removed from the respective hover labels.

On the other hand:

Is there also a possibility to define the same setting for all subplots at once, like a checkbox in Hover Label Editor: apply to all plots?
Or is the only way to code it in JSL?

Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Airline Delays.jmp" );

gb = Graph Builder(
	Size( 528, 485 ),
	Show Control Panel( 0 ),
	Graph Spacing( 5 ),
	Variables(
		X( :Day of Month ),
		Y( :Day of Week ),
		Wrap( :Airline ),
		Color( :Arrival Delay )
	),
	Elements( Heatmap( X, Y, Legend( 9 ) ) )
);

frameboxes=Report(gb)<< xpath( "//FrameBox" )

for each ({fb,idx},frameboxes, fb <<Set Gridlet( Expunge( {{Matcher( "Day of Week" )}} ) ))

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

hogi — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:32:00 GMT

Ah:
If the user presses CTRL at the moment he clicks on HoverLabel/Paste Graphlet, the code is applied to every single Framebox.

I knew this trick to apply synchronous changes to report structures, but did not know that it works as well for functions in the Graph Builder right click menu.

cool!

Just try: CTRL + Graph/Background Color ...

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

hogi — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:27:35 GMT

hi @nascif_jmp ,

@nascif_jmp wrote:
You can even delete all entries and then use the Append operator to add any content you want

Cool!

Up to now I fiddled around by copying individual column names to remove them step by step - I always missed a drop-down menu which gives me the chance to pick a column instead of typing it in.

Actually, it will be much easier to remove all of them and just add the ones that I need.

What is the easiest way to do so?
Can I use wildcards - or ranges for the index?

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

hogi — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:30:38 GMT

Or anybody else?
Where do I have to click to delete all entries?

[as @nascif_jmp wrote in his post]

Re: Remove non labels from hovering information

hogi — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 03:00:54 GMT

I found a quite convenient way: Instead of opening the Hover Label Editor,
place the mouse over a data point to open a Hover Label - then right-click on the hover label and click on edit

In the menu, there is a preview Hover Label visible on the left where you can click on entries and remove them:
https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Wish-List/To-modify-hover-label-editor-so-it-is-more-user-friendly/idc-p/357249/highlight/true#M1393

(also explained in Jmp Documentation Library/Using Jmp/Jmp Reports)