checkbox tooltip disappears after click

[Kukulkan]

Hi,

The following example shows the problem (Windows PB 4.20):

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If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 320, 160, "Test", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered) And CreateGadgetList(WindowID(0))
  
  TextGadget(0, 10,  10, 300, 20, "TextGadget with ToolTip. But nothing is shown.")
  CheckBoxGadget(1, 10, 30, 300, 20, "Checkbox with ToolTip. Click, and tooltip disappears.")
  
  ; set Tooltip to TextGadget
  GadgetToolTip(0, "this is a tooltip")
  
  ; set Tooltip to CheckBoxGadget
  GadgetToolTip(1, "this is a tooltip")
  
  Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
  
EndIf

At first, the CheckBoxGadget has a working tooltip. After clicking the CheckBoxGadget, the tooltip disappears. I need to call GadgetTooltip() after every click to get rid of this

Can anyone confirm this?

By the way, is it possible to add tooltips to TextGadgets, too? Like in the example above?

Kukulkan

[maw]

The tooltip does disappear when clicking, that is normal behavior. Move the mousepointer away from the gadget and back again and the tooltip reappears.

As for tooltips on textgadgets, this is not supported. From the help on TextGadget: "Note: This Gadget doesn't receive any user events, and GadgetToolTip() can't be used with it"

[Kukulkan]

Move the mousepointer away from the gadget and back again and the tooltip reappears.

Not here. This is the point. It never comes back.

I have no problem, if the tooltip disappears while clicking. But it seem to be deleted after clicking. Have you tested using the code above? I need to call GadgetTooltip() to re-set the tooltip.

Kukulkan

[Kaeru Gaman]

yes, this is strange.
seems the tooltip-recall is deactivated.
apparently, another ShowToolTip-event has to take place to reactivate the first,
if there is no other Tooltip on the window, the tooltip never reactivates.

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If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 320, 160, "Test", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered) And CreateGadgetList(WindowID(0))
 
  TextGadget(0, 10,  10, 300, 20, "TextGadget with ToolTip. But nothing is shown.")
  CheckBoxGadget(1, 10, 30, 300, 20, "Checkbox1 with ToolTip.")
  CheckBoxGadget(2, 10, 50, 300, 20, "Checkbox2 with ToolTip.")
 
  ; set Tooltip to TextGadget
  GadgetToolTip(0, "this is a tooltip")
 
  ; set Tooltip to CheckBoxGadget
  GadgetToolTip(1, "tooltip of Checkbox1")
  GadgetToolTip(2, "tooltip of Checkbox2")

   Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
 
EndIf

[Sparkie]

CheckBoxGadget tooltip works fine here.

As for the TextGadget/Tooltip question, try adding the #SS_NOTIFY flag to your TextGadget.

[Sparkie]

Ok, with XP skins enabled I see the problem.

[maw]

Well, I'm running Vista (x64) with classic theme so that could explain it!

[Kaeru Gaman]

I run XP in classic theme, think that counts as a skin, too.

[PB]

@Kukulkan: do any other non-PureBasic apps exhibit the same problem?
If so, then it's a Windows problem, and not a PureBasic bug.

[Kukulkan]

Hi,

No other Problems detected (VB6 Application etc.) here. If I use the example of Kaeru, everything works as expected. But if I comment the lines for the second CheckBoxGadget, the error is here again.

One CheckBoxGadget -> Error
Two CheckBoxGadgets -> Fine

Kaeru described best (I think):

seems the tooltip-recall is deactivated.
apparently, another ShowToolTip-event has to take place to reactivate the first,
if there is no other Tooltip on the window, the tooltip never reactivates.

Strange...

@Sparkie: #SS_NOTIFY flag worked fine. Thanks.

Kukulkan

[Kaeru Gaman]

it's not the Gadget but the Tooltip.
if you just disable the second tooltip but let the second gadget appear, the error occurs, too.
window needs at least two tooltips to reactivate each other.

#SS_NOTIFY flag worked fine.

so, is it a bug in the theming or in PB? *pondering*

[Demivec]

I don't have any problems with displaying the tooltip repeatedly after clicking the checkbox. Using Windows XP. Using Classic theme.

[byo]

Yes, this is expected behaviour on Windows XP with themes enabled. It's not a Purebasic bug. I'm not sure why Microsoft hasn't fixed that yet.