On 12 Jul 2006 at 8:14, David Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Their suggestion is that the standard label only shows Name and Update date 
> & time to make it less crowded. However, when they put their mouse over the 
> top of the ship, it should show the full label in the "hover-text" (writing 
> in yellow box triggered by mouse hovering).

Thanks to all those who responded & basically solved the problem for me, 
especially 
Mats, Andrew & Jason.

Just to summarise that it is as easy as having 2 layers with labels. The upper 
layer 
contains full labels but labels are turned off. The lower layer has partial 
labels & labels 
are turned off. It seems the uppermost layer that has labels will be the one 
shown 
when the mouse hovers over the object.

The following portion of a screen dump shows how it looks in real life, and 
everyone is 
very happy with it.

http://www.jodael.com/NewLabelMethodCivAnon.JPG

Dave


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