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Re: Mouse-Over or Mouse-Click Values of Coordinates in Plot in Manipulate

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• Subject: [mg103671] Re: Mouse-Over or Mouse-Click Values of Coordinates in Plot in Manipulate
• From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
• Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:22:07 -0400 (EDT)
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Nasser Abbasi wrote:
> "Gregory Lypny" <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote in message 
> news:h9srm3$p3g$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Is there a way to include in Manipulate something like a tooltip,
>> where the coordinates of a point in a plot appear where the user clicks.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gregory
>>
> 
> I know how to do it with discrete data. Here is an example
> 
> data = Table[Tooltip[Sin[x]], {x, -Pi, Pi, Pi/100.}];
> ListPlot[data, Joined -> True]
> 
> And now if you move the mouse over the plot, the y-value (i.e. sin(x) ) 
> value will be displayed, here is a screen shot
> http://12000.org/tmp/093009/tooltip.PNG
> 
> But with the direct plot command, I still can't figure it
> 
> Plot[Tooltip[Sin[x]], {x, -Pi, Pi}]
> 
> will display "Sin[x]", instead of the current value of it. As shown here:
> http://12000.org/tmp/093009/tooltip2.PNG
> 
> I tried using Dynamics and Annotation with Mousover to get it to work, but 
> no luck. I am sure some Mathematica expert here will have an answer on how 
> to do it with a direct plot command instead of discrete plot.
> 

would the following be a starting point?

Plot[Tooltip[Sin[x], Dynamic[MousePosition["Graphics"]]], {x, -Pi, Pi}]

hth,

albert