You can use the point probe tool to view a tooltip that displays the coordinates of a point on which you hover your mouse pointer in a plot object. You can also display the coordinates of the curve point that is closest to the mouse pointer if you hover your mouse pointer over an area other than the curve.

By default, the point probe tool is selected as the plot manipulator whenever you create a 2-D plot. To display coordinates, you must specify the data point type that will appear in the tooltips.

When you create a 2-D plot, the original data points are converted to pixel coordinates and then drawn at the nearest integer position for display purposes. The Cursor position data point type displays coordinates derived from the converted pixel coordinates; the other data point types display coordinates derived from the original data points.  By default, the data point type is set to None, which displays no tooltips.

To select the data point type: 

In the worksheet, click a 2-D plot.

From the Plot menu, select Probe Info. Alternatively, right-click (Control-click for Macintosh) on the pilot and from the context menu select Plot Info.

Select one of the following options:

Cursor position - display coordinates that correspond to the position of the mouse pointer in the plot object. The coordinates are derived from plot data that is converted to pixel coordinates for display purposes.

Nearest datum - display coordinates that correspond to the position of the mouse pointer in the plot object. The coordinates are derived from the original plot data.

Nearest point on the line - display coordinates that correspond to the curve point that is closest to the position of the mouse pointer in the plot object. The coordinates are derived from the original plot data.

Copying and Pasting Coordinate Data as a Vector

You can copy the coordinate data and paste it in Maple as a Vector.

Click and hover on the graph until the coordinates are displayed.

Right-click to display the context menu

Select Probe info, then copy data

Paste the coordinate data, as a vector, in the desired location.

Note: If the point probe tool is not selected as the default manipulator, click a 2-D plot in  the worksheet. From the Plot menu, select Manipulator, and then select Point Probe. Alternatively, right-click (Control-click for Macintosh) the plot and, from the context menu, select Manipulator, and then Point Probe.