Timeline Settings
Timeline Overview
Timeline is a panel which is located above the gantt chart plot. This panel is consisted of intervals - time periods individually set for each chart or selected automatically according to project start and end time.
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Full |
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HalfBottom |
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HalfCenter |
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HalfTop |
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ThinBottom |
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ThinCenter |
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ThinTop |
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Arrow |
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Circle |
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Rhomb |
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HalfBottomCircle |
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HalfCenterCircle |
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HalfTopCircle |
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ThinBottomCircle |
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ThinCenterCircle |
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ThinTopCircle |
Tooltips on the Plot
Tooltips on the plot appear just above the rectangles showing your tasks. The simplest way to adjust tooltip is to create a style node inside the required task and describe your tooltip there.
So XML for plot task tooltip looks like this:
Tooltips on the Datagrid
Notice that in previous example we have changed tooltips only for task on the plot. If you hover the first task on the datagrid you will see a default message there. To change tooltips on the datagrid you should add the following strings to your xml:
In our examples we used method of defining style of the task inside the task itself. There is also another method, allowing you to define all styles in a special styles node and than apply them to the tasks you want to. To know more about task styles read Styles Tutorial.