diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskDatumParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskDatumParameters.cpp
index b7790d303..d5f794222 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskDatumParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskDatumParameters.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <Mod/Part/App/PrimitiveFeature.h>
 #include <Mod/Part/App/DatumFeature.h>
 #include <Mod/PartDesign/App/Body.h>
+#include <Mod/Part/Gui/AttacherTexts.h>
 
 #include "ReferenceSelection.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
@@ -232,50 +233,13 @@ TaskDatumParameters::TaskDatumParameters(ViewProviderDatum *DatumView,QWidget *p
     DatumView->setPickable(false);
 }
 
-QString getShTypeText(eRefType type)
-{
-    //get rid of flags in type
-    type = eRefType(type & (rtFlagHasPlacement - 1));
-
-    const char* eRefTypeStrings[] = {
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Any"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Vertex"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Edge"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Face"),
-
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Line"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Curve"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Circle"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Conic"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Ellipse"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Parabola"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Hyperbola"),
-
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Plane"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Sphere"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Revolve"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Cylinder"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Torus"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Cone"),
-        //
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Object"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Solid"),
-        QT_TR_NOOP("Wire"),
-        NULL
-    };
-
-    if (type >= 0 && type < rtDummy_numberOfShapeTypes)
-        if (eRefTypeStrings[int(type)])
-            return QObject::tr(eRefTypeStrings[int(type)]);
-    throw Base::Exception("getShTypeText: type value is wrong, or a string is missing in the list");
-}
 
 const QString makeHintText(std::set<eRefType> hint)
 {
     QString result;
     for (std::set<eRefType>::const_iterator t = hint.begin(); t != hint.end(); t++) {
         QString tText;
-        tText = getShTypeText(*t);
+        tText = AttacherGui::getShapeTypeText(*t);
         result += QString::fromLatin1(result.size() == 0 ? "" : "/") + tText;
     }
 
@@ -691,12 +655,14 @@ void TaskDatumParameters::updateListOfModes(eMapMode curMode)
     if (modesInList.size()>0) {
         for (size_t i = 0  ;  i < modesInList.size()  ;  ++i){
             eMapMode mmode = modesInList[i];
-            ui->listOfModes->addItem(QString::fromLatin1(AttachEngine::eMapModeStrings[mmode]));
+            std::vector<QString> mstr = AttacherGui::getUIStrings(pcDatum->attacher().getTypeId(),mmode);
+            ui->listOfModes->addItem(mstr[0]);
+            QListWidgetItem* item = ui->listOfModes->item(i);
+            item->setToolTip(mstr[1]);
             if (mmode == curMode)
                 iSelect = ui->listOfModes->item(i);
             if (mmode == suggMode){
                 //make it bold
-                QListWidgetItem* item = ui->listOfModes->item(i);
                 assert (item);
                 QFont fnt = item->font();
                 fnt.setBold(true);