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+# Ideas gleaned from PySol
+
+import os
+from Tkinter import *
+
+class ToolTipBase:
+
+ def __init__(self, button):
+ self.button = button
+ self.tipwindow = None
+ self.id = None
+ self.x = self.y = 0
+ self._id1 = self.button.bind("<Enter>", self.enter)
+ self._id2 = self.button.bind("<Leave>", self.leave)
+ self._id3 = self.button.bind("<ButtonPress>", self.leave)
+
+ def enter(self, event=None):
+ self.schedule()
+
+ def leave(self, event=None):
+ self.unschedule()
+ self.hidetip()
+
+ def schedule(self):
+ self.unschedule()
+ self.id = self.button.after(1500, self.showtip)
+
+ def unschedule(self):
+ id = self.id
+ self.id = None
+ if id:
+ self.button.after_cancel(id)
+
+ def showtip(self):
+ if self.tipwindow:
+ return
+ # The tip window must be completely outside the button;
+ # otherwise when the mouse enters the tip window we get
+ # a leave event and it disappears, and then we get an enter
+ # event and it reappears, and so on forever :-(
+ x = self.button.winfo_rootx() + 20
+ y = self.button.winfo_rooty() + self.button.winfo_height() + 1
+ self.tipwindow = tw = Toplevel(self.button)
+ tw.wm_overrideredirect(1)
+ tw.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y))
+ self.showcontents()
+
+ def showcontents(self, text="Your text here"):
+ # Override this in derived class
+ label = Label(self.tipwindow, text=text, justify=LEFT,
+ background="#ffffe0", relief=SOLID, borderwidth=1)
+ label.pack()
+
+ def hidetip(self):
+ tw = self.tipwindow
+ self.tipwindow = None
+ if tw:
+ tw.destroy()
+
+class ToolTip(ToolTipBase):
+ def __init__(self, button, text):
+ ToolTipBase.__init__(self, button)
+ self.text = text
+ def showcontents(self):
+ ToolTipBase.showcontents(self, self.text)
+
+class ListboxToolTip(ToolTipBase):
+ def __init__(self, button, items):
+ ToolTipBase.__init__(self, button)
+ self.items = items
+ def showcontents(self):
+ listbox = Listbox(self.tipwindow, background="#ffffe0")
+ listbox.pack()
+ for item in self.items:
+ listbox.insert(END, item)
+
+def main():
+ # Test code
+ root = Tk()
+ b = Button(root, text="Hello", command=root.destroy)
+ b.pack()
+ root.update()
+ tip = ListboxToolTip(b, ["Hello", "world"])
+
+ # root.mainloop() # not in idle
+
+main()