{
  "name": "maptip",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["Record and Attributes"],
  "description": "Returns the maptip for a given feature in a layer. The expression is evaluated by default. Can be used with zero, one or more arguments, see below for details.",
  "variants": [{
    "variant": "No parameters",
    "variant_description": "If called with no parameters, the function will evaluate the maptip of the current feature in the current layer.",
    "arguments": [],
    "examples": [{
      "expression": "maptip()",
      "returns": "The maptip of the current feature in the current layer."
    }]
  }, {
    "variant": "One 'feature' parameter",
    "variant_description": "If called with a 'feature' parameter only, the function will evaluate the specified feature from the current layer.",
    "arguments": [{
      "arg": "feature",
      "description": "The feature which should be evaluated."
    }],
    "examples": [{
      "expression": "maptip(@atlas_feature)",
      "returns": "The maptip of the current atlas feature."
    }]
  }, {
    "variant": "Layer and feature parameters",
    "variant_description": "If the function is called with both a layer and a feature, it will evaluate the specified feature from the specified layer.",
    "arguments": [{
      "arg": "layer",
      "description": "The layer (or its ID or name)"
    }, {
      "arg": "feature",
      "description": "The feature which should be evaluated."
    }, {
      "arg": "evaluate",
      "description": "If the expression must be evaluated. If false, the expression will be returned as a string literal only (which could potentially be later evaluated using the 'eval_template' function).",
      "optional": true,
      "default": "true"
    }],
    "examples": [{
      "expression": "maptip('streets', get_feature_by_id('streets', 1))",
      "returns": "The maptip of the feature with the ID 1 on the layer 'streets'."
    }, {
      "expression": "maptip('a_layer_id', @feature, 'False')",
      "returns": "The maptip of the given feature not evaluated."
    }]
  }],
  "tags": ["evaluated", "arguments", "maptip", "details", "default", "see"]
}