haiku/docs/user/interface/ToolTip.dox

/*
 * Copyright 2014 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
 *
 * Authors:
 *		Adrien Destugues, pulkomandy@pulkomandy.ath.cx
 *		Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de
 *		John Scipione, jscipione@gmail.com
 *
 * Corresponds to:
 *		headers/private/interface/ToolTip.h	hrev48560
 *		src/kits/interface/ToolTip.cpp	hrev48560
 */


/*!
	\file ToolTip.h
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief Provides the BToolTip class.
*/


/*!
	\class BToolTip
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief Displays help text on hover.

	\attention Use at your own risk! This class is private and may change
	           before release.

	This class is for advanced uses of tool tips with custom contents or
	behavior. The simple way to use tooltips is via BView::SetToolTip().

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BToolTip::BToolTip()
	\brief Creates a new BToolTip object.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BToolTip::BToolTip(BMessage* archive)
	\brief Creates a BToolTip object from the passed in \a archive.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BToolTip::~BToolTip()
	\brief Frees the memory allocated and destroys the object.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BToolTip::Archive(BMessage* archive, bool deep) const
	\brief Archives the object into the \a data message.

	Saves the tool tip's sticky flag.

	\param archive A pointer to the BMessage object to archive the object into.
	\param deep Whether or not to archive child views as well.

	\return A status code, \c B_OK if everything went well or an error code
	        otherwise.
	\retval B_OK The object was archived.
	\retval B_NO_MEMORY Ran out of memory while archiving the object.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn void BToolTip::SetSticky(bool enable)
	\brief Turns sticky flag on or off which determines whether or not the
	       tool tip stays visible when the mouse moves.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn bool BToolTip::IsSticky() const
	\brief Returns whether or not the sticky flag is set.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn void BToolTip::SetMouseRelativeLocation(BPoint location)
	\brief Set the location of the tooltip relative to the current mouse position.

	The position is relative to the mouse cursor location at the time the
	tool tip is shown. It should be as close as possible to the mouse cursor
	without hiding important parts of the UI near the cursor while the parent
	view remains visible and reachable.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BPoint BToolTip::MouseRelativeLocation() const
	\brief Returns the tool tip's relative mouse location.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn void BToolTip::SetAlignment(BAlignment alignment)
	\brief Set the alignment of the tool tip which determines where the tool
	       tip should appear i.e. left or right from the current mouse cursor
	       position, etc.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BAlignment BToolTip::Alignment() const
	\brief Returns the tool tip's alignment.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn bool BToolTip::Lock()
	\brief Allows derived classes to lock the tool tip while modifying it.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn void BToolTip::Unlock()
	\brief Allows derived classes to unlock the tool tip.

	\since Haiku R1
*/