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

[Wolfgang Jeltsch]

Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009 17:32 schrieb Roman Cheplyaka:
> * Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org> [2009-05-14 11:09:47+0200]
>
> > 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?
>
> Not just call tooltipsSetTip, but create new Tooltips every time, right?
> Or where are you going to get tooltips from?

Isn’t a tooltip just a string? How would you “create” a tooltip?

Best wishes,
Wolfgang