balloon
NAME
SYNOPSIS
STANDARD OPTIONS
SPECIFIC OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
OPTION DATABASE NOTES
KEYWORDS
NAME
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balloon − provides popup tooltips (balloon help)
for Tk widgets
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SYNOPSIS
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package require balloon
balloon $widget ?options?
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STANDARD OPTIONS
−foreground −background −font
−relief −borderwidth
See the ‘‘options’’ manual entry
for details on the standard options.
SPECIFIC OPTIONS
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Command-Line Name:−showdelay
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Database Name:
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showDelay
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Database Class:
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ShowDelay
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Specifies time of mouse inactivityin the widget in
milliseconds, after which tooltip would be shown. Default is
500 ms.
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Command-Line Name:−dismissdelay
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Database Name:
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dismissDelay
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Database Class:
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DismissDelay
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Specifies time of inactivity after tooltip was shown,
before it would be dismissed automatically.
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DESCRIPTION
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This package provides balloon tooltips for Tk widget. You
invoke procedure balloon with name of widget and it’s
all. User positiones mouse cursor over widget and after
specified -showdelay small toplevel window with
specified text would appear. At least one of options:
-label, -text or -textvariable should
be provided.
Procedure balloon doesn’t return anything,
and even doesn’t actually create widget.
If -label option is specified, message would be
placed into toplevel as label widget. Otherwise
message widget is used.
To disable tooltip set invoke balloon command
again and specify -1 as -showdelay.
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OPTION DATABASE NOTES
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All the behavoir of balloon help, excluding text can be
controlled via option database. We use class Balloon
for the balloon widget and it is always child of widget it
describes.
All unlisted options of label/message widget can be set
via option database using *.Balloon.Message.option or
*.Balloon.Label.option
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KEYWORDS
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widget, balloon help, tooltip
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