Re: ToolTip like info item
Re: ToolTip like info item
- Subject: Re: ToolTip like info item
- From: Bertrand Mansion <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:11:51 +0100
<email@hidden> wrote :
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On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 05:24 PM, Bertrand Mansion wrote:
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> Hi again :)
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> In the rulers example found in AppKit examples, I have noticed that
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> NSRulerView displays some kind of tooltip to show units when the
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> markers are
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> moved.
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> I would like to have the same kind of items in my view (just a standard
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> NSView though). I thought about using tooltips but they don't fit my
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> needs
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> because of their delay. Indeed, I need this item to be here all the
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> time and
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> to be dynamically updated, showing the cursor x, y position.
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> This is a bit like in the Grab app but with a tooltip look and feel
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> (shadow
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> included). Is such an item available in cocoa or will I have to
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> implement
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> something approaching ?
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> If so, what do you think would be the best way to go ?
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> Thank you for any hints,
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I'd make an NSWindow category similar to this....
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@implementation NSWindow(TooltipLike)
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+ (NSWindow *)tooltipLikeWindowWithContentRect:(NSRect)someRect
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{
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NSWindow *yourWindow = [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:someRect
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styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask backing:NSBackingStoreRetained
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defer:YES];
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// This seems "proper", may want a diff. level though..
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[yourWindow setLevel:NSStatusWindowLevel];
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// Mouse events aren't needed, most likely...
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[yourWindow setIgnoresMouseEvents:YES];
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// Tooltips are more of a toned-down peachy-yellow I think.
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// This will be bright, I just know it. ;-)
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[yourWindow setBackgroundColor: [NSColor yellowColor] ];
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// ?
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[yourWindow setAlphaValue:0.8];
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return [yourWindow autorelease];
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}
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@end
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NSWindow *test = [NSWindow
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tooltipLikeWindowWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0,0,60,20)];
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[test retain];
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// myView = NSTexField with the line border for the tooltip-ish look..?
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[test setContentView: myView];
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[myView setStringValue:@"good?"];
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[test orderFront:nil];
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Anyway, good luck and I hope that helps! :-)
Thanks Ryan, that's great :)
I was actually starting to do the same thing but with an NSPanel. Using
notifications and [[self window] setAcceptsMouseMovedEvents: YES]; , I could
follow the position of my cursor.
I was going to try to figure out how to write some info in this fake
tooltip. Thanks for the answer, you read my mind.
Bertrand Mansion
Mamasam
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