Ampersand disappearing

[Bruce]

How do I stop the ampersand (&) symbol from disappearing in UI_TOOLTIP text? It appears fine in a UI_OUTFIELD, but not in UI_TOOLTIP.

[Podolsky]

Maybe use 'and' instead?

[Bruce]

Yes, that had occurred to me...unfortunately space is at a premium in the interface.

[Barry Kelly]

Bruce wrote:
Yes, that had occurred to me...unfortunately space is at a premium in the interface.

Tooltips extend beyond the interface window so size should not be an issue - except there is a character limit.
Go past that, there is no warning and the entire interface will just not show.
169 characters by my count.

Other characters show, just not '&' which is interesting.


Barry.

[Barry Kelly]

There is a warning if you check script (although the reported line number is wrong).
And is seems the character limit is for the entire script line - not just the tooltip.


Barry.

[Bruce]

I see I must provide a bit more context:

I am using a variable that will change between "Primary" and "Primary & Secondary" depending on what the user has selected. This text will appear as a UI_INFIELD column heading, and also as a UI_TOOLTIP. It is the column heading that I don't have space for - hence the use of "&".

[Barry Kelly]

Unfortunately '&' will just not show in the tooltip.
Can you have it say "Primary / Primary and Secondary" or "Primary or Primary and Secondary" in the tooltip instead?
The actual interface can still show the exact text you want.

Barry.

[Barry Kelly]

But wait!
Something just came to the back of my mind.

You can do it if you use a triple &&&.

Barry.

[Bruce]

Thanks Barry. I know in other languages (e.g. VBA) you can double-up the ampersand to make it appear...but apparently not in GDL.

No problem - I'll work my may around that.

Cheers

[Bruce]

I replied too soon: so triple it is. Will still not quite work the way I want (for both tooltip & outfield), but that's ok. I'll figure something out