In iFIX you can choose to display time cursors in the run-time environment. The time cursor appears as a gray bar in the center of the chart that you move left and right by clicking the cursor and dragging it with the mouse. The value of the time cursor is displayed in the legend. For historical pens, the value at the point of the time cursor is displayed; for real-time pens, the current value is always displayed. To display the time cursor in the run-time environment, select the Show Time Cursor check box on the General tabbed page.
Another run-time feature of charts is the time cursor tool tip. When you click on a point in a pen line where that line crosses the time cursor, the current time and value of that point is displayed in a yellow-colored box. The tool tip is a convenient way to determine plot values in the run-time environment. Every pen in the chart has its own tool tip. To display the tool tip in the run-time environment, select the Show Time Cursor ToolTips check box on the General tabbed page.
NOTE: The chart must be selectable to view the time cursor and tool tip at run-time.
The following figure illustrates a chart configured with two real-time pens, a time cursor, and tool tip for each pen.
