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# Providing User Interface Text for a Command

In addition to the command name, a command also has a description and tooltip that are displayed in the Softimage user interface:

- The description is a brief description displayed in different dialog boxes such as the Customize Toolbar, Keyboard Mapping, and Plug-in Manager dialog boxes.

- The tooltip is a short description displayed when the user points to the command button on a toolbar. If no tooltip is defined, the description is displayed instead, and if no description is defined, the command name is displayed.

The description and tooltip are specified in the Init callback:

    function MyCommand_Init( ctxt )
    {
    	var oCmd;
    	oCmd = ctxt.Source;

    	oCmd.Description = "Does something extremely useful.";
    	oCmd.Tooltip = "Do something";

    	// ...

    	return true;
    }