customizing the tip strip to a control

[MIKEHARVEY]

I am using an xy graph and have many variables that could be plotted into it. I have created categories, selection and unit rings and these plot fine to my graph when I change them. However these rings take up too much space on my front end. I would like to develop a way of making these rings appear only when the pointer hovers over the graph like when the tip strip appears when you hover. Is there a simple way of doing this and are there any examples.
Please help!!

[JRA]

The best way to do this would be to set up a state machine which determines when the cursor is over the graph. When it is, you make the controls visible. Otherwise, they are invisible. Now, how you create the state machine depends upon which version of LabVIEW you have and how you prefer to build this. There is a great tutorial on NI's website which discusses state machines. You may want to take a look at that if you have not built many of them.