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I need to show elevation of a DEM on the bottom bar (or wherever) on mouse hover in ArcMap 10.2.2. Is it possible?

I know I can access to it by opening "Identity", but that is not practical. It would be better to have information of it without clicking.

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    I need to show elevation of a DEM on the bottom bar (or wherever) on mouse hover in ArcMap 10.2.2. Is it possible? You seem to answer your own question when you say I know I can access to it by opening "Identity. please edit your question to say where would be practicable other than the bottom bar. Are you trying to achieve this through coding? What have you tried?
    – nmtoken
    Oct 8, 2016 at 8:14
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    Welcome to GIS SE! As a new user please take the Tour. By "DEM" are you referring to a raster layer or something else?
    – Midavalo ♦
    Oct 8, 2016 at 8:25
  • Welcome! Thank you for the link. DEM = Digital Elevation Model, layer with XYZ values, raster layer.
    – sk1me
    Oct 9, 2016 at 13:57

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Turn on MapTips on your DEM layer. If it is a Vector layer you can select which field to display e.g. Elevation. If it is a Raster layer it will display the pixel value.

Right=click the layer and select Properties, and click on the Display tab. Check the Show MapTips box, and OK to close.

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Mouse over your layer, it will display a tooltip with the pixel value or value from the specified field.

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  • Done that, but it is not showing the value after hovering mouse over the layer. DEM is a GeoTiff format, maybe it is the problem?
    – sk1me
    Oct 9, 2016 at 14:09

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