from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
tipwindow = None
# Creates a tooptip box for a widget.
def createToolTip( widget, text ):
def enter( event ):
global tipwindow
x = y = 0
if tipwindow or not text:
return
x, y, cx, cy = widget.bbox( "insert" )
x += widget.winfo_rootx() + 27
y += widget.winfo_rooty() + 27
# Creates a toplevel window
tipwindow = tw = Toplevel( widget )
# Leaves only the label and removes the app window
tw.wm_overrideredirect( 1 )
tw.wm_geometry( "+%d+%d" % ( x, y ) )
label = Label( tw, text = text, justify = LEFT,
background = "#ffffe0", relief = SOLID, borderwidth = 1,
font = ( "tahoma", "8", "normal" ) )
label.pack( ipadx = 1 )
def close( event ):
global tipwindow
tw = tipwindow
tipwindow = None
if tw:
tw.destroy()
widget.bind( "<Enter>", enter )
widget.bind( "<Leave>", close )
b = Button( root, text = "Mouse over" ); b.pack()
createToolTip( b, "Mouse is over the button" )
mainloop()
ToolTip box
Gribouillis commented: useful routine +14
I searched for the tooltip box in the forum and couldn't find a Python version for it.
So here's what I am using.
P.S I found it in google somewhere :)
richard.grigonis 0 Newbie Poster
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