How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

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Posted on by KevinGador

537 Super User 2025 Season 1

I have a table with a key value pair

Table(
 {
 MenuName: "Testing1"
 }
)

I am trying to enter ThisItem.MenuName into the tooltip of my button inside a gallery but it wont allow me.

Any possible solution or workarounds?? I have also tried Text(ThisItem.MenuName)

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KevinGador 537 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

appreciate the tip. How can I reduce the lookups on my app? any suggestions I ddnt really thought about the performance of the tool thanks for mentioning 😮
DBO_DV 4,530 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

Hey happy you found a way to do it.

A little warning about this solution: If it's a small app that's fine, but when your app gets bigger and you need to keep the performance on a high level. Those calls for every record can make a difference. Especially if you have this menu on several screens.
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KevinGador 537 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

got it to work with this formula

LookUp(SideNavigation_Collapsible.MenuContent,MenuID=ThisItem.MenuID).MenuName

thank you for I guess putting me in the right direction by saying I can use lookup.
DBO_DV 4,530 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

Hey @kej ,

I've found a Workaround.

Basically what you have to do is create a Textlabel in the Gallery and put there ThisItem.MenuName.
You can make the label then invisible.
In the Buttons tooltip you put Label.Text

Hope it works.
KevinGador 537 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip inside a gallery?

This is my table declared in the formulas of my application. Its not a choice and when I add period theres nothing popping up

"
customNavigation = Table(
{
MenuIcon: LookUp(customIcons, IconName = "Home").IconData,
MenuIconSelected: LookUp(customIcons, IconName = "Home_Filled").IconData,
MenuName: "Home",
MenuID: 1,
PageNavigation: 'Home Screen'
},
"
I just want it to say Home when hovered on that button
ThisItem.MenuName doesnt work
DBO_DV 4,530 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip?

Seems like your MenuName Column has a few columns inside itself. Could you try adding a Dot behind ThisItem.MenuName?

Is it a Choice Column or something like this?
KevinGador 537 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip?

apologies forgot to add that the button is inside a gallery. It's now edited.
DBO_DV 4,530 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: How do you enter a table key value into a button tooltip?

Hey @kej,
Can you give us some more information on your Scenario. For me your scenario worked. Just had to but the Button inside the Table of course. if it's not in a gallery can you try using this:
First(Table({MenuName:"Testing1"})).MenuName
You can replace first also by a LookUp.