class CreateToolTip(object):
"""
create a tooltip for a given widget
"""
def __init__(self, widget, text='widget info'):
self.waittime = 500 # miliseconds
self.wraplength = 180 # pixels
self.widget = widget
self.text = text
self.widget.bind("<Enter>", self.enter)
self.widget.bind("<Leave>", self.leave)
self.widget.bind("<ButtonPress>", self.leave)
self.id = None
self.tw = None
def enter(self, event=None):
self.schedule()
def leave(self, event=None):
self.unschedule()
self.hidetip()
def schedule(self):
self.unschedule()
self.id = self.widget.after(self.waittime, self.showtip)
def unschedule(self):
id = self.id
self.id = None
if id:
self.widget.after_cancel(id)
def showtip(self, event=None):
x = y = 0
x, y, cx, cy = self.widget.bbox("insert")
x += self.widget.winfo_rootx() + 25
y += self.widget.winfo_rooty() + 20
# creates a toplevel window
self.tw = Toplevel(self.widget)
# Leaves only the label and removes the app window
self.tw.wm_overrideredirect(True)
self.tw.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y))
label = Label(self.tw,
text=self.text,
justify='left',
background="#ffffff",
relief='solid',
borderwidth=0,
wraplength=self.wraplength)
label.pack(ipadx=1)
def hidetip(self):
tw = self.tw
self.tw = None
if tw:
tw.destroy()
class Tooltip_Helper:
"""
Class to help show tooltips on Tkinter Canvases.
"""
def __init__(self, canvas):
"""
|canvas|: the canvas on which tooltips will be shown.
"""
self._canvas = canvas
self._tip = None
def show_tooltip(self, x, y, text, background=TOOLTIP_BACKGROUND):
"""
Shows a tooltip containing the given |text| close to the point (|x|, |y|) on
the canvas.
"""
x += self._canvas.winfo_rootx() + 10
y += self._canvas.winfo_rooty() + 10
geometry = '+%d+%d' % (x, y)
if not self._tip:
self._tip = Toplevel(self._canvas)
self._tip.wm_overrideredirect(1)
self._tip.wm_geometry(geometry)
try:
# for Mac OS
self._tip.tk.call('::tk::unsupported::MacWindowStyle', 'style',
self._tip._w, 'help', 'noActivates')
except TclError:
pass
self.label = Label(self._tip,
text=text,
justify=LEFT,
background=background,
relief=SOLID,
borderwidth=1,
font=DEFAULT_FONT)
self.label.pack()
else:
self._tip.geometry(geometry)
self.label.config(text=text, background=background)
def hide_tooltip(self):
"""
Hides the previously added tooltip, if any.
"""
if self._tip:
self._tip.destroy()
self._tip = None
class Tooltip_Helper:
"""
Class to help show tooltips on Tkinter Canvases.
"""
def __init__(self, canvas):
"""
|canvas|: the canvas on which tooltips will be shown.
"""
self._canvas = canvas
self._tip = None
def show_tooltip(self, x, y, text, background=TOOLTIP_BACKGROUND):
"""
Shows a tooltip containing the given |text| close to the point (|x|, |y|) on
the canvas.
"""
x += self._canvas.winfo_rootx() + 10
y += self._canvas.winfo_rooty() + 10
geometry = '+%d+%d' % (x, y)
if not self._tip:
self._tip = Toplevel(self._canvas)
self._tip.wm_overrideredirect(1)
self._tip.wm_geometry(geometry)
try:
# for Mac OS
self._tip.tk.call('::tk::unsupported::MacWindowStyle', 'style',
self._tip._w, 'help', 'noActivates')
except TclError:
pass
self.label = Label(self._tip, text=text, justify=LEFT,
background=background, relief=SOLID, borderwidth=1, font=DEFAULT_FONT)
self.label.pack()
else:
self._tip.geometry(geometry)
self.label.config(text=text, background=background)
def hide_tooltip(self):
"""
Hides the previously added tooltip, if any.
"""
if self._tip:
self._tip.destroy()
self._tip = None