Adding Hover Text on Catalog Variables
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‎04-09-2025 05:20 AM
Hover over the variable to display some given text.
If I use the tooltip field for hover text, it only accepts lengths of 40 by default. I want to add text with a length of around 200 without modifying the length size of the variables.
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‎04-09-2025 05:23 AM
not possible unless you increase the max_length in that system field.
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‎04-09-2025 05:25 AM
This is somewhat complex.
Another way is to use a widget and add the hover text there and in widget observe the event of hovering on that variable and then show that text
Then include that widget in variable of Type Custom
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‎04-09-2025 06:25 AM
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‎04-09-2025 05:29 AM
Hi @MoseenR
A length of 200 characters is too much and could spoil the user experience. Also, it's not easy to modify unless there’s a change in the core code, which is not recommended.
Instead, consider adding a label type and placing the text there.
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