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1"""Tools for displaying tool-tips.
2
3This includes:
4 * an abstract base-class for different kinds of tooltips
5 * a simple text-only Tooltip class
6"""
7from tkinter import *
8
9
10class TooltipBase(object):
11    """abstract base class for tooltips"""
12
13    def __init__(self, anchor_widget):
14        """Create a tooltip.
15
16        anchor_widget: the widget next to which the tooltip will be shown
17
18        Note that a widget will only be shown when showtip() is called.
19        """
20        self.anchor_widget = anchor_widget
21        self.tipwindow = None
22
23    def __del__(self):
24        self.hidetip()
25
26    def showtip(self):
27        """display the tooltip"""
28        if self.tipwindow:
29            return
30        self.tipwindow = tw = Toplevel(self.anchor_widget)
31        # show no border on the top level window
32        tw.wm_overrideredirect(1)
33        try:
34            # This command is only needed and available on Tk >= 8.4.0 for OSX.
35            # Without it, call tips intrude on the typing process by grabbing
36            # the focus.
37            tw.tk.call("::tk::unsupported::MacWindowStyle", "style", tw._w,
38                       "help", "noActivates")
39        except TclError:
40            pass
41
42        self.position_window()
43        self.showcontents()
44        self.tipwindow.update_idletasks()  # Needed on MacOS -- see #34275.
45        self.tipwindow.lift()  # work around bug in Tk 8.5.18+ (issue #24570)
46
47    def position_window(self):
48        """(re)-set the tooltip's screen position"""
49        x, y = self.get_position()
50        root_x = self.anchor_widget.winfo_rootx() + x
51        root_y = self.anchor_widget.winfo_rooty() + y
52        self.tipwindow.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (root_x, root_y))
53
54    def get_position(self):
55        """choose a screen position for the tooltip"""
56        # The tip window must be completely outside the anchor widget;
57        # otherwise when the mouse enters the tip window we get
58        # a leave event and it disappears, and then we get an enter
59        # event and it reappears, and so on forever :-(
60        #
61        # Note: This is a simplistic implementation; sub-classes will likely
62        # want to override this.
63        return 20, self.anchor_widget.winfo_height() + 1
64
65    def showcontents(self):
66        """content display hook for sub-classes"""
67        # See ToolTip for an example
68        raise NotImplementedError
69
70    def hidetip(self):
71        """hide the tooltip"""
72        # Note: This is called by __del__, so careful when overriding/extending
73        tw = self.tipwindow
74        self.tipwindow = None
75        if tw:
76            try:
77                tw.destroy()
78            except TclError:
79                pass
80
81
82class OnHoverTooltipBase(TooltipBase):
83    """abstract base class for tooltips, with delayed on-hover display"""
84
85    def __init__(self, anchor_widget, hover_delay=1000):
86        """Create a tooltip with a mouse hover delay.
87
88        anchor_widget: the widget next to which the tooltip will be shown
89        hover_delay: time to delay before showing the tooltip, in milliseconds
90
91        Note that a widget will only be shown when showtip() is called,
92        e.g. after hovering over the anchor widget with the mouse for enough
93        time.
94        """
95        super(OnHoverTooltipBase, self).__init__(anchor_widget)
96        self.hover_delay = hover_delay
97
98        self._after_id = None
99        self._id1 = self.anchor_widget.bind("<Enter>", self._show_event)
100        self._id2 = self.anchor_widget.bind("<Leave>", self._hide_event)
101        self._id3 = self.anchor_widget.bind("<Button>", self._hide_event)
102
103    def __del__(self):
104        try:
105            self.anchor_widget.unbind("<Enter>", self._id1)
106            self.anchor_widget.unbind("<Leave>", self._id2)
107            self.anchor_widget.unbind("<Button>", self._id3)
108        except TclError:
109            pass
110        super(OnHoverTooltipBase, self).__del__()
111
112    def _show_event(self, event=None):
113        """event handler to display the tooltip"""
114        if self.hover_delay:
115            self.schedule()
116        else:
117            self.showtip()
118
119    def _hide_event(self, event=None):
120        """event handler to hide the tooltip"""
121        self.hidetip()
122
123    def schedule(self):
124        """schedule the future display of the tooltip"""
125        self.unschedule()
126        self._after_id = self.anchor_widget.after(self.hover_delay,
127                                                  self.showtip)
128
129    def unschedule(self):
130        """cancel the future display of the tooltip"""
131        after_id = self._after_id
132        self._after_id = None
133        if after_id:
134            self.anchor_widget.after_cancel(after_id)
135
136    def hidetip(self):
137        """hide the tooltip"""
138        try:
139            self.unschedule()
140        except TclError:
141            pass
142        super(OnHoverTooltipBase, self).hidetip()
143
144
145class Hovertip(OnHoverTooltipBase):
146    "A tooltip that pops up when a mouse hovers over an anchor widget."
147    def __init__(self, anchor_widget, text, hover_delay=1000):
148        """Create a text tooltip with a mouse hover delay.
149
150        anchor_widget: the widget next to which the tooltip will be shown
151        hover_delay: time to delay before showing the tooltip, in milliseconds
152
153        Note that a widget will only be shown when showtip() is called,
154        e.g. after hovering over the anchor widget with the mouse for enough
155        time.
156        """
157        super(Hovertip, self).__init__(anchor_widget, hover_delay=hover_delay)
158        self.text = text
159
160    def showcontents(self):
161        label = Label(self.tipwindow, text=self.text, justify=LEFT,
162                      background="#ffffe0", relief=SOLID, borderwidth=1)
163        label.pack()
164
165
166def _tooltip(parent):  # htest #
167    top = Toplevel(parent)
168    top.title("Test tooltip")
169    x, y = map(int, parent.geometry().split('+')[1:])
170    top.geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y + 150))
171    label = Label(top, text="Place your mouse over buttons")
172    label.pack()
173    button1 = Button(top, text="Button 1 -- 1/2 second hover delay")
174    button1.pack()
175    Hovertip(button1, "This is tooltip text for button1.", hover_delay=500)
176    button2 = Button(top, text="Button 2 -- no hover delay")
177    button2.pack()
178    Hovertip(button2, "This is tooltip\ntext for button2.", hover_delay=None)
179
180
181if __name__ == '__main__':
182    from unittest import main
183    main('idlelib.idle_test.test_tooltip', verbosity=2, exit=False)
184
185    from idlelib.idle_test.htest import run
186    run(_tooltip)
187