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; }