On 9 Oct 2008, at 23:15, Alvin wrote: > > I think I know what you are talking about. I deal with mostly one > window > apps and I see this as well. If the cursor passes over a toolbar icon > (which has a tooltip) and stops on another widget (say Fl_Scroll), the > tooltip for that toolbar icon will show and then disappear once the > mouse > moves again. > > I am using FLTK 1.3 r6365 with STR#2041 (FL_TOOLTIP event patch - > <http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2041>). > > Should the tooltip appear if the mouse is moving slowly over the > widget? I > ask because I have a rather big button on one app. If I move the mouse > slowly across it, its tooltip still appears. I wonder if this two are > related?
Hi Alvin, I *don't* have the tooltip patch applied, so the "feature" is present in the stock builds. Your observation about moving the mouse slowly inspired me to a few more experiments... - I *thought* that the mouse had to be stationary for the tooltip to pop up, but as Alvin observes, it can sometimes pop up whilst the mouse is moving. - Once popped up, the tooltip remains displayed (at its pop position) whilst he mouse moves around the window. (Again, I had "expected" that moving the mouse would probably clear the tooltip? Or maybe it would be dismissed after some timeout period?) - Moving the mouse over the tooltip dismisses it. Very occasionally it pops right back up... - Once this "feature" has occurred one time, I can't make it happen again. I have to exit and restart the app to make the "feature" re- appear. Makes we wonder if something is not initialised correctly at start up, and once it has "popped" everything is better thereafter? -- Ian _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
