Display All Tooltips?

[IdeasVacuum]

Win 7, 8, 10

I would like to offer my Users a button to display all ToolTips at once (and un-display all tooltips!).

With the code below, it's possible to apply Win API to PB's GadgetToolTips:

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Procedure ShowAllTips()
;#-----------------------
Protected iTtip.i = FindWindow_("tooltips_class32", 0)

              If iTtip

                     SendMessage_(iTtip, #TTM_SETDELAYTIME, #TTDT_INITIAL, 0)
                     SendMessage_(iTtip, #TTM_SETDELAYTIME, #TTDT_AUTOPOP, 30000) ;30000 max
                     SendMessage_(iTtip, #TTM_SETTIPBKCOLOR,   $D1FFFF, 0)        ;BackColor
                     SendMessage_(iTtip, #TTM_SETTIPTEXTCOLOR, $0002FF, 0)        ;TextColor
              EndIf
EndProcedure

Setting the max tip display time is something I often do any way and the above code always works, but how about having a button that displays all tips at once?

Also (only of minor interest), the BackColor/FrontColor messages don't want to work (they did before didn't they?). I want to avoid the Balloon style tips because the rounded edges of the tips have no antialias.

[deeproot]

That's an interesting idea. I also sometimes do delay adjustments to tooltips but unfortunately my API knowledge isn't up to making them all show at once.

Extending the thought - I would have a specific use for showing tooltips on multiple specific gadgets. For example when the mouse is over one StringGadget show its tip as normal but also showing the tips on a couple of other StringGadgets at the same time. Also maybe showing them by code alone rather than mouse over.

[IdeasVacuum]

Yes, Javascript has at least one lib that is super-flexible with tooltips, making them really useful. I see the ability to switch tips on/off in code as a better alternative to a "ribbon bar", which takes up too much space and at the same time limits the text length. Some languages have very long words

It can be done "by hand", a tip would consist of an image gadget, a 32bit image (transparency) of the message box and 2D drawing text. If you were just trying to mimic the Microsoft tips, showing one tip at a time only, then hand made is good since you can shape it and colour it to suit, but if there has to be a large number of them some automation is required. Would be much easier to do if the CanvasGadget could be transparent.