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The 1.8-Widget for the multichoice-options was a [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkoptionmenu.html GtkOptionMenu] widget. It contains a [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkmenu.html GtkMenu] where [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkmenuitem.html GtkMenuItem]s are inserted, which are created by gtk_menu_item_new_with_label. This was all used in gnc_build_option_menu() in src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c. The tooltip was directly set on any new GtkMenuItem by calling gtk_tooltips_set_tip() on the GtkMenuItem. | The 1.8-Widget for the multichoice-options was a [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkoptionmenu.html GtkOptionMenu] widget. It contains a [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkmenu.html GtkMenu] where [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkmenuitem.html GtkMenuItem]s are inserted, which are created by gtk_menu_item_new_with_label. This was all used in gnc_build_option_menu() in src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c. The tooltip was directly set on any new GtkMenuItem by calling gtk_tooltips_set_tip() on the GtkMenuItem. | ||
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| + | The old GtkOptionMenu is now deprecated since gtk2.4. Instead, the [http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkComboBox.html GtkComboBox] has to be used. However, this widget either requires using a Model-View programming, or alternatively it will only allow to set entries by gtk_combo_box_append_text() which is what we currently do in src/gnome-utils/dialog-options.c. The function gtk_combo_box_append_text() will only allow to add one text entry per item, but it does not give access to the actual item widget, so it is impossible to set gtk_tooltips_set_tip() on the item widget. | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 6 January 2006
Tooltips in GnuCash
In the 1.8-branch of gnucash, all menu items and all multichoice-option values were having a corresponding tooltip that was displayed when the mouse hovers of the items. In the gnome2 version SVN-HEAD, these are no longer there due to missing features in gtk2. This page collects the information about feasible re-implementations of that feature.
- https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2005-December/015139.html Discussion on gnucash-devel
Old implementation in 1.8
The 1.8-Widget for the multichoice-options was a GtkOptionMenu widget. It contains a GtkMenu where GtkMenuItems are inserted, which are created by gtk_menu_item_new_with_label. This was all used in gnc_build_option_menu() in src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c. The tooltip was directly set on any new GtkMenuItem by calling gtk_tooltips_set_tip() on the GtkMenuItem.
New GtkComboBox in gtk2
The old GtkOptionMenu is now deprecated since gtk2.4. Instead, the GtkComboBox has to be used. However, this widget either requires using a Model-View programming, or alternatively it will only allow to set entries by gtk_combo_box_append_text() which is what we currently do in src/gnome-utils/dialog-options.c. The function gtk_combo_box_append_text() will only allow to add one text entry per item, but it does not give access to the actual item widget, so it is impossible to set gtk_tooltips_set_tip() on the item widget.
