Message Flow editor hover-feedback

In the Message flow editor you can display node and connection metadata by hovering the mouse over a node or subflow in a message flow. To view metadata information for a node, subflow or connection:
  1. Open the Broker Application Development Perspective
  2. Open a message flow
  3. In the Editor view, hover the mouse over a node, a subflow, or a node connection in the open message flow by placing the mouse over the element.

A custom tooltip is displayed below the element.

To turn the pop-up into a focusable, scrollable window, press F2.

To hide the pop-up or window, choose one of the following methods:

Node and subflow feedback

When you hover the mouse over a node or subflow in the Editor view, the pop-up contains the following metadata information:

If the node or subflow has no short or long description associated with it, only the first line of text is displayed.

If the task-list contains errors or warnings associated with the node or subflow, then that error or warning information is displayed instead of the metadata information.

Connection feedback

When you hover the mouse over a connection in the Editor view, hover-help is displayed containing the names of the output and input terminals that are connected.

Related concepts
Message flows overview
Related reference
Broker Application Development perspective
Built-in nodes
User-defined nodes