1. [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
Can menubar items (top level) & menu items have tooltip hints set? I
assumed they could, but can't get them to do so.
Dan Moyer
2. Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
- Posted by tone.skoda at gmx.net
Jun 19, 2002
It is ussualy done so that tooltips are shown in status bar. It would look a
little strange if tooltip would be displayed for menu item because you
already have menu item text to read.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
>
> Can menubar items (top level) & menu items have tooltip hints set? I
> assumed they could, but can't get them to do so.
>
> Dan Moyer
>
>
>
>
3. Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
Tone,
Well, I don't think that's exactly true, because tooltips *don't* usually
show up in a status bar (a text bar at the bottom of a window), but rather
somewhere "near" the mouse cursor when it stayed over a control for some
length of time. (I guess there *might* be some "style"*(?) settings for
tooltip hints which *could* make them show up in the status bar, but that's
not how I've seen them usually used.)
But I suspect you're right about tooltip hints not being able to be made for
menu items because there's already text there. I just wanted to be able to
*expand* upon the meaning of the existing text with a tooltip hint for any
new users of my program.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: <tone.skoda at gmx.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
>
> It is ussualy done so that tooltips are shown in status bar. It would look
a
> little strange if tooltip would be displayed for menu item because you
> already have menu item text to read.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:53 AM
> Subject: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
>
>
> >
> > Can menubar items (top level) & menu items have tooltip hints set? I
> > assumed they could, but can't get them to do so.
> >
> > Dan Moyer
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
4. Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
- Posted by tone.skoda at gmx.net
Jun 19, 2002
I didn't mean that tooltip is shown in status bar but only tip to the user =
text in status bar. I typed that wrong :).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
>
> Tone,
>
> Well, I don't think that's exactly true, because tooltips *don't* usually
> show up in a status bar (a text bar at the bottom of a window), but rather
> somewhere "near" the mouse cursor when it stayed over a control for some
> length of time. (I guess there *might* be some "style"*(?) settings for
> tooltip hints which *could* make them show up in the status bar, but
that's
> not how I've seen them usually used.)
>
> But I suspect you're right about tooltip hints not being able to be made
for
> menu items because there's already text there. I just wanted to be able
to
> *expand* upon the meaning of the existing text with a tooltip hint for any
> new users of my program.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tone.skoda at gmx.net>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
>
>
> >
> > It is ussualy done so that tooltips are shown in status bar. It would
look
> a
> > little strange if tooltip would be displayed for menu item because you
> > already have menu item text to read.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:53 AM
> > Subject: [Win32Lib] tooltip hints for menu items ?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Can menubar items (top level) & menu items have tooltip hints set? I
> > > assumed they could, but can't get them to do so.
> > >
> > > Dan Moyer
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
