A question about tags

[Samson]

How can I add or replace a tag so that my name displays when the mouse arrow hovers over it, as in the attachment I uploaded? I tried a metatag but I guess that only shows up with EXIF data. Thank you.

Sam

[Samson]

Seriously? Nobody knows? :confused:

[Karin Sue]

I don't understand the question.

Which version of PSE are you using? XP, Vista?

Are you trying to get the tag to pop up during a hover in Organizer? or?

Maybe if you give a few more details someone will know how to do whatever it is you are trying to do.

[Samson]

My initial post states exactly what I'm trying to do. Thanks just the same.

[Karin Sue]

Well, I've never seen a hover pop up like your attachment using v2 on XP or v5 on Vista hovering over images in either PSE or Windows. Maybe it's a v6 or RAW thing.

In any case it's always a good idea to mention which version of PSE and which OS you have when asking a question.

[johnrellis]

Your query is ambiguous (e.g. not clear what you mean by "metatag”), but here's my interpretation:

You are on Windows XP or Windows Vista. In Windows Explorer, when you hover the mouse over a file, various details appear in what’s called a “tooltip”. For JPEGs on Vista, that information is:
file type; date taken; keywords; rating; dimensions; size
You would like your name to appear in the tooltip.

Without programming, you can customize which fields appear by editing the registry. See this article for hints about how to proceed:

http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/ (http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/)

The details of this article don’t seem to entirely correspond with my Vista system – but it’s enough to get one started. On Vista, look at the registry key:
HKCR\SystemFileAssociatesion\.jpg
The subkey InfoTip contains the current fields displayed for the .jpg tooltip. The subkey FullDetails seems to contain everything that Explorer could possibly display. In particular, the field System.Author appears to display the contents of the EXIF Author field.

You can set the EXIF Author field using the PSE Editor’s File > File Info command or via any number of third-party tools.

[Karin Sue]

I do get similar pop ups on my Vista. I was distracted by the nifty black frame which, when I looked closely, is not actually part of the pop up but is framing and identifying the image of the pop up.

My properties are in the order John said they would be for a jpeg on Vista. All very interesting.

[TonyW]

My XP does it too but it has nothing to do with Elements (Elements uses a Windows File Explorer shell for browsing in the File>Open dialogue). Not sure it's always done it as I have added add-ons from MS from time to time which added some photo info functionality that I don't think the base XP had. Can you change it - probably but you'd need to hack Windows to do it.

Tony

[dj_paige]

If you hacked Windows to do it, then it would only work on your own computer. Which, I'm guessing, isn't the real purpose behind the original request.

[johnrellis]

That's right. Using "regedit", you can add System.Author to the value of the HKCR\SystemFileAssociation\.jpg\InfoTip key, and the EXIF Author will now appear in the tooltip. But this necessarily only affects the machine on which you changed the registry.

[Samson]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question, I certainly do appreciate it. :)