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Andy Piper wrote:
> So should we implement generic tooltips - rather than just for the toolbar?
> I can see this as a very powerful feature if somebody put in the time to
> write helpful text for various parts of the editor.

There are tooltips for the toolbar?  Are you referring to the help-echo 
property on extents?  I'm curious about this feature.