Re: tooltip for gtkdrawingarea

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

Riswick, J.G.A. van wrote:

> HI
>
> I tried to bind a tooltip to a gtkdrawingarea, like so:
>
> $win = new Gtk::Window;
> $win->set_usize(300,200);
> $win->show_all;
>
> $but = new Gtk::DrawingArea;
> $but->show;
> $win->add($but);

$but->add_events ( 'enter-notify-mask' );
$but->add_events ( 'leave-notify-mask' );

> my $tooltip = new Gtk::Tooltips();
> $tooltip->set_tip
>   ( $but, "test", "test" );
> $tooltip->enable;
> $tooltip->set_delay(0);
(and of course, Gtk->main; )


now it works.



basically, the Gtk::DrawingArea starts off with a very minimal set of 
events, so you need to add the ones you want.  i guessed at 
'enter-notify', and the tooltip won't go away unless you also have 
'leave-notify'.



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