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[Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:32 am
by Korolev Michael

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,200,100,"test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
ButtonGadget(0,10,10,80,25,"test")
GadgetToolTip(0,~"test tip\nNewline")

Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent(50)=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
I get only one line :(
#CRLF$ solution doesn't work too.

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:44 am
by RSBasic

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:00 am
by Danilo
The 'alternative' is only for Windows OS.

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:13 am
by IdeasVacuum
It's easy enough to cook your own using a hidden gadget or window.

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:21 am
by wilbert
Korolev Michael wrote:

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,200,100,"test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
ButtonGadget(0,10,10,80,25,"test")
GadgetToolTip(0,~"test tip\nNewline")

Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent(50)=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
Seems to work fine on OSX.
It shows a multiline tooltip.

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:02 pm
by IdeasVacuum

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:23 pm
by Little John
+1 for built-in "newline" support in tooltips on all platforms where PB is running

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:29 pm
by Kukulkan
+1 for tooltips with built-in "newline" support on all platforms

Re: GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for it

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:46 pm
by Korolev Michael
Seems to work fine on OSX.
If it works on OSX, may it be possible bug?

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:14 pm
by ts-soft
+1 for tooltips with built-in "newline" support on all platforms!

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:10 pm
by Shardik
Korolev Michael wrote:

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,200,100,"test",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu)
ButtonGadget(0,10,10,80,25,"test")
GadgetToolTip(0,~"test tip\nNewline")

Repeat
Until WaitWindowEvent(50)=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
The newline support in tooltips only doesn't work in Windows. Michael Korolev's example is already working fine on Linux (tested on Ubuntu 14.04 x64 with KDE and PB 5.41 x64) and MacOS X (tested on OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) with PB 5.41 x86).

So +1 for a Windows implementation in PB... :wink:

Some further links to multiline tooltip workarounds for Windows:
- Display multiline tooltip using maximum tip width (netmaestro)
- Display multiline tooltip using #CR$ (Shardik, extending an example from netmaestro)
- Display multiline tooltip using maximum tip width or #CRLF$ (inSANE)

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:27 pm
by Andre
ts-soft wrote:+1 for tooltips with built-in "newline" support on all platforms!
+1

(especially as "only" a native PB solution for Windows is still needed, while Linux/MacOS are already working)

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:21 am
by Fredi
+1

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:49 am
by mestnyi
+1

Re: [Possible bug?] GadgetToolTip - add newlines support for

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:36 am
by davido
+1