Balloonhelp

class decida.Balloonhelp.Balloonhelp(**kwargs)

Bases: decida.ItclObjectx.ItclObjectx, Tkinter.Toplevel

tool-tips class.

synopsis:

Balloonhelp sets up tool-tips help pop-up windows.

configuration options:

verbose (bool, default=False)

enable/disable verbose mode

active (bool, default=True)

enable/disable tool-tip display

delay (integer, default=150)

number of milliseconds to delay before displaying tool-tip message after hovering over associated window.

background (str, default="yellow")

help label background

foreground (str, default="black")

help label foreground

font (str, default="Lucida 10")

help label font

place (str, default="under")

placement of help window with respect to target window. One of (“over”, “under”, “left”, “right”)

offset (int, default="3")

offset in x, y placement of help window with respect to target window

example:

>>> from decida.Balloonhelp import Balloonhelp
>>> from Tkinter import *
>>> tk=Tk()
>>> b=Button(text="OK", command=tk.quit) 
>>> b.pack()
>>> w=Balloonhelp(delay=100, background="#fcf87f")
>>> w.help_message(b, "display\n  tooltips")
>>> tk.mainloop()

public methods:

• public methods from ItclObjectx

help_message(win, message)

bind a help message to a window.

arguments:

win (Tkinter window)

window which is to be bound

message (str)

tool-tip help message to display