GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 343927
Rich ToolTip support
Last modified: 2007-06-18 15:05:12 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.
Are you describing libnotify?
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?
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.
hmm... following that argumentation, GTK even needs a kitchen sink, if the application i develop needs one. ;-) (not meant seriously)
(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
Where can I find the API for libnotify ? I visited http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software and could not find it.
http://www.galago-project.org/docs/api/libnotify/index.html
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
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.