From e809560d6af9a3ba7410a7123d090cf65a110183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damon Chaplin Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:39:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added a note about no-window widgets. 2000-06-14 Damon Chaplin * gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml: added a note about no-window widgets. --- docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml index 5486e8cb2d..b6349b70b5 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktooltips.sgml @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ The length of time the user must keep the mouse over a widget before the tip is To assign a tip to a particular #GtkWidget, gtk_tooltips_set_tip() is used. + + +Tooltips can only be set on widgets which have their own X window. +To check if a widget has its own window use 'GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW (widget)'. +To add a tooltip to a widget that doesn't have its own window, place the +widget inside a #GtkEventBox and add a tooltip to that instead. + + The default appearance of all tooltips in a program is determined by the current gtk theme that the user has selected. -- 2.30.2