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keywords |
technologies |
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ui |
| tooltip |
| action |
| runobject |
| role-center |
| object-level |
| inheritance |
| caption |
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A RunObject action inherits the targeted object's ToolTip
Description
Since BC 2025 release wave 1, an action on a role center that specifies RunObject uses the Caption, ToolTip, AboutText, and AboutTitle of the targeted application object when the action itself declares none of them; a property set on the action overrides the inherited value. Where object-level tooltip text can live has since widened: ToolTip/ToolTipML became available on report objects in BC 2026 release wave 1 (runtime 17.0) and on page objects in BC 2026 release wave 2 (runtime 18.0). A navigation action with RunObject = page X inherits page X's object-level ToolTip when the action declares none of its own. An action without an inline ToolTip is therefore not, by itself, a missing-tooltip defect when the object it runs supplies the text.
Best Practice
Define the tooltip on the targeted object where the platform supports it and let RunObject actions inherit it; set ToolTip on the action only when its context genuinely needs different wording. For page fields, the analogous source is the bound table field — see bound-page-field-inherits-source-field-tooltip.md.
Anti Pattern
Flagging every RunObject action that declares no inline ToolTip as a missing-tooltip violation, ignoring that the action inherits the targeted object's text at runtime on BC 26 and later.
