# Easy Chart Pen ToolTips

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**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-pen-tooltips/52636 "2021-11-02T17:21:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-pen-tooltips/52636/4 "2022-11-03T13:39:03Z")

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> [@eckman.tech](#):
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> expose and update the jfree chart

@pturmel showed us how to expose the chart [here](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-accessing-the-datasets-being-rendered/8709/9), and he exposes a lot of hidden properties in his [Note Chart Module](https://inductiveautomation.com/moduleshowcase/module/automation-professionals-llc-notechart)

Below is a recent forum example of his code being used to find the mode. I'm sure you could adapt it for this purpose:

> [@Get Chart (not Easy Chart) mode in script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-chart-not-easy-chart-mode-in-script/35662/14):
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> For the Easy Chart, I tested [@pturmel's approach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-accessing-the-datasets-being-rendered/8709/9) combined with [@klpe's method](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-chart-not-easy-chart-mode-in-script/35662/11) for getting the radio buttons, and it works perfectly. However, if work is to be done with the code, there is no need to do the work every time the mouse enters the chart or every time the mouse enters some component on the chart, so rather than develop listeners, I simply added a custom component to the chart's parent container called oldMode. I then use the mode to evaluate whether or not work needs to be done at the…

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