# Extend datatip's digits format

**URL:** <https://scilab.discourse.group/t/extend-datatips-digits-format/1017>\
**Category:** Graphics and plotting\
**Created:** [July 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/extend-datatips-digits-format/1017 "2025-07-11T15:26:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![davcheze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@davcheze](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/davcheze)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/extend-datatips-digits-format/1017/1 "2025-07-11T15:26:07Z")

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Hi all,

I wonder how I could extend the number of digit visible in the datatip box. For the graphics below for instance I’d like to get more digit for the X values, at least to the underlying data sample rate 10^-4  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/utc/original/1X/61b871b9b0b7374425451023025535800d0d93e1.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/utc/original/1X/5af1d6ae70ec653aa5fdeea2edb1ee75d45d8418.png)

Thank you for any advice

David

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**Author:** ![mottelet](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/scilab.discourse.group/mottelet/32/13_2.png) [@mottelet](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/mottelet)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/extend-datatips-digits-format/1017/2 "2025-07-11T19:29:19Z")

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See [datatipSetDisplay - Set the function used to compute the datatip string.](https://help.scilab.org/datatipSetDisplay.html)

S.