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Trubbleguy

Joined: 20 Jan 2007
Posts: 96
Location: Melbourne

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: Smart Tooltip function

I have spent hours and hours trying to get a tooltip that is smooth and fluid when in use and finally made a function to do it reliably.
I hate it when a tooltip stays onscreen, well this fixes that nicely.

Sample Gui

Code:

;Usage TT = Tooltip label
;Usage 1 = A_GUI label
;Usage variable (no spaces can be in its name) = Tooltip Control label

;Usage eg: TT_1_spin=Check this box to turn blah blah blah blah, multiple lines can be created using `n

;TT for tooltip prefix_first Gui_variable to match control is "SPIN"

#SingleInstance , Force

#include tooltip.ahk ;the tooltip Function that does all the work.

CoordMode, ToolTip ;makes tooltip screen aware

OnMessage(0x200,"MouseOVER") ;turn on Mousover detection (Put this in the Function code for permanent tooltips)

badchars=~,&,<,>,+,*,/,(,),-,:,\,.,`n ;some known bad characters that variables hate

ex:=A_ScreenWidth-130 ;used to set Gui top RIght of screen, out of the way, but down far enough to close windows underneath

Gui, Margin ,0, 0
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop +BackgroundTrans
Gui, Add, checkbox,vspin checked%spin% x1 y5,Spin Name 2 UK
TT_1_spin=Check this box to turn`n Parton, Dolly`n Into`n Dolly Parton`nwhen F2 is pressed

Gui, Add, checkbox,vsort x1 y+2,Sort Into Folders (F3)
TT_1_sort=Check to Enable F3 key to Move mixed `nkaraoke files Into folders using their DiskID`n`nSC8123-10-The Rose - Midler, Bette`n moves to`n...\SC8123\SC8123-10-The Rose - Midler, Bette`n`nThe F3 Key is Disabled when Unchecked`nNB: THIS DOES NOT SPIN THE NAME!!!!

Gui, Add, checkbox,vcase checked%case% x1 y+2,First letter UpperCase
TT_1_case=Makes the first letter of each word Uppercase

Gui, Add, button,xp y+1 gtrubbleguy.com vlogopic w120 h20,Trubbleguy.com
TT_1_logopic=Click on the file you want to spin`nIn its folder, and Press the F2 Key`n`nSC8123-10- The Rose - Midler, Bette.zip`n will change to`nSC8123-10- Midler, Bette - The Rose.zip`n`nIf all files in folder need spinning`nHold CTRL + ALT down and tap F2 Key`n`nNB: This will only work, for the last 2 parts`nof the filename, Ignoring the SC8123-10 `n`nClick button to open Trubbleguy.com

Gui, Add, Progress,xp y+1 wp h10 cBlue vMyProgress Range0-120000

gui, show ,x%ex% y20 AutoSize,%prgtitle%

return

Function:
tooltip.ahk

Code:

;tooltip.ahk

MOUSEOVER()
{
_tword=%A_GuiControl% ;make A_GuiControl a modifyable variable
if TT_%A_Gui%_%_tword% = %_tips%
   return
ControlGetpos,1x, 1y,1width,1Height,%_tword%
MouseGetPos, OX, OY
gx:=1X + 1Width
gy:=1y + 1Height
if OX between 1X and gx
   if OY between 1y and gy
      if _tword
         {
         StringReplace,_tword,_tword,%A_Space%,,all ;remove the Spaces so it can find the ToolTip
         _tip= ;wipe old tip
         if _tword contains %badchars%
            loop,parse,badchars,csv
               StringReplace,_tword,_tword,%A_LoopField%,,all
         _tips=TT_%A_Gui%_%_tword% ;get the ToolTips name
         if _tips          ;if it has data in it
            _tip:=TT_%A_Gui%_%_tword% ;get the ToolTip to display
         if _tip
            ToolTip %_tip% ;display it
         }
settimer,removetool,100
return

;############################## False end of Function code ##############################

;%%%%%%%%%% Subs below here work fine called from your main script, saves a lot of copying
;%%%%%%%%%% for some reason a subroutine can sit inside a Function and still work fine

;##########################################################################################
;tag
removetool:
ControlGetpos,1x, 1y,1width,1Height,%A_GuiControl%
MouseGetPos, OX, OY
gx:=1X + 1Width
gy:=1y + 1Height

if OX between 1X and gx
   if OY between 1y and gy
      return ;mouse is still in location, bomb out and return

tooltip
settimer,removetool,off
   return

;##########################################################################################
;tag
   trubbleguy.com: ; for some reason a subroutine can sit inside a Function and still work
run http://www.trubbleguy.com
Return
} ;###############The real end of Function, while containing a handy sub i always use.

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HotKeyIt

Joined: 18 Jun 2008
Posts: 4652
Location: AHK Forum

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:20 am Post subject:

Have you seen ToolTip() Question

Code:

#Include ToolTip.ahk
ex:=A_ScreenWidth-130 ;used to set Gui top RIght of screen, out of the way, but down far enough to close windows underneath

Gui, Margin ,0, 0
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop +BackgroundTrans
Gui, Add, checkbox,vspin checked%spin% x1 y5,Spin Name 2 UK
ToolTip(1,"Check this box to turn`n Parton, Dolly`n Into`n Dolly Parton`nwhen F2 is pressed","","P1 AButton1")

Gui, Add, checkbox,vsort x1 y+2,Sort Into Folders (F3)
ToolTip(1,"Check to Enable F3 key to Move mixed `nkaraoke files Into folders using their DiskID`n`nSC8123-10-The Rose - Midler, Bette`n moves to`n...\SC8123\SC8123-10-The Rose - Midler, Bette`n`nThe F3 Key is Disabled when Unchecked`nNB: THIS DOES NOT SPIN THE NAME!!!!","","P1 AButton2")

Gui, Add, checkbox,vcase checked%case% x1 y+2,First letter UpperCase
ToolTip(1,"Makes the first letter of each word Uppercase","","P1 AButton3")

Gui, Add, button,xp y+1 vlogopic w120 h20,Trubbleguy.com
ToolTip(1,"Click on the file you want to spin`nIn its folder, and Press the F2 Key`n`nSC8123-10- The Rose - Midler, Bette.zip`n will change to`nSC8123-10- Midler, Bette - The Rose.zip`n`nIf all files in folder need spinning`nHold CTRL + ALT down and tap F2 Key`n`nNB: This will only work, for the last 2 parts`nof the filename, Ignoring the SC8123-10 `n`nClick button to open Trubbleguy.com","","P1 AButton4")

Gui, Add, Progress,xp y+1 wp h10 cBlue vMyProgress Range0-120000

gui, show ,x%ex% y20 AutoSize,%prgtitle%

return
GuiClose:
ToolTip()
ExitApp
;tooltip.ahk

There is also Add Tooltips to controls and ShowToolTip()
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