19.2. Tooltips

Tooltips appear while hovering the cursor over a button or another interface element. It contains information about this item.

The tooltip for a button contains the following information:

• button name;
• hotkey (if specified);
• a link to a page in the Help System (if specified);
• a slideshow with a brief demonstration of the instrument capabilities or a view mode (if specified).

A slideshow appears 3 seconds after the appearance of the tooltip and is played back cyclically. After that, to close a tooltip, click a mouse button or rotate the mouse wheel. If there is a slideshow for this button, a countdown appears in the form of points in the lower right part of the tooltip. To display a slideshow, check the box Slideshow Tips during the installation of the DICOM Viewer.