[grapefruit] Can't fit tooltips into grapefruit "box" model

[Wolfgang Jeltsch]

Am Dienstag, 12. Mai 2009 16:16 schrieb Roman Cheplyaka:
> * Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org> [2009-05-12 15:46:46+0200]
>
> > Am Montag, 11. Mai 2009 17:06 schrieb Roman Cheplyaka:
> > > I'm trying to make a label which can show a tooltip (it probably has to
> > > be placed into eventbox, but that's irrelevant here).
> > >
> > > I tried to make a box for this, which will take an inner item, a text
> > > signal and display that item with tooltip.
> >
> > Hello Roman,
> >
> > I would propose to just add an extra input signal
> >
> >     Tooltip ::: SSignal `Of` String
> >
> > to every widget, like it is currently done for IsEnabled.
>
> This is exactly what I want to do. Any idea how to do it?
> (Or do you mean to create new Tooltips every time and associate it with
> given widget? It doesn't look good and I'm not sure what implications
> can be.)

I would call Gtk.tooltipsSetTip everytime the above SSignal changes. Do you 
see any problems with this approach? Is there an alternative solution at all?

Best wishes,
Wolfgang