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Bug 343927 - Rich ToolTip support
Rich ToolTip support
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: Other
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-05 15:57 UTC by Felipe Heidrich
Modified: 2007-06-18 15:05 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Felipe Heidrich 2006-06-05 15:57:33 UTC
GTK should offer a richer tooltip support. Similar to win32.

It should include:
1. A title portion (usually its text is bold)
2. A message portion
3. Icon
4. Close button
5. Timeout
6. A spike so it can be used along with the new GtkStatusIcon (similar to win32 TTS_BALLOON).

The user should be able to turn on and off which function individually, for example: no timeout, no spike.
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2006-06-18 22:02:28 UTC
Are you describing libnotify?
Comment 2 Rodrigo Moya 2006-10-30 15:57:31 UTC
Not sure if he was describing libnotify, but yeah, we should have this in GTK.

So, given that libnotify implements a freedesktop.org spec, what do GTK developers think about adding it to GTK? Is the API good? Any objections to the spec?
Comment 3 Felipe Heidrich 2006-10-30 17:13:58 UTC
I'm sorry but I'm not familiar libnotify.
I develop my application on top of GTK, if libnotify is not part of GTK it is no use for me. thanks.
Comment 4 André Klapper 2006-10-30 17:42:19 UTC
hmm... following that argumentation, GTK even needs a kitchen sink, if the application i develop needs one. ;-)
(not meant seriously)
Comment 5 Rodrigo Moya 2006-10-30 17:58:46 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> I'm sorry but I'm not familiar libnotify.
> I develop my application on top of GTK, if libnotify is not part of GTK it is
> no use for me. thanks.
> 

Right, that's why we are talking about adding libnotify implementation to GTK, not to use libnotify from GTK.

Then it would be of use to you, if you like it
Comment 6 Felipe Heidrich 2006-10-30 19:59:49 UTC
Where can I find the API for libnotify ?
I visited http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software and could not find it.

Comment 8 Jaap A. Haitsma 2007-06-16 19:35:09 UTC
Felipe

A new GtkTooltip class that has Rich Tooltip support has been introduced in GTK 2.11 [1]. It should cover most of the things you requested. Please file  new individual feature request if you still miss a certain feature.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-June/msg00048.html
Comment 9 Felipe Heidrich 2007-06-18 15:05:12 UTC
Thanks!

I read the message and it looks pretty good. I'm a bit busy this month but I'll try it out as soon as I can.