Codejock Developer Community : Tooltip following mouse cursor http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:26:01 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:46:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11607 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Tooltip following mouse cursor : Hi, Are there plans to make this...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=39014&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#39014 Author: Dmitry
Subject: 11607
Posted: 28 July 2008 at 8:46pm

Hi,

Are there plans to make this functionality available? And if so, when?

Regards,
Dmitry]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:46:08 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=39014&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#39014 <![CDATA[Tooltip following mouse cursor : Hello, Afraid, no. CXTPToolTipContext...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=38955&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#38955 Author: Oleg
Subject: 11607
Posted: 28 July 2008 at 2:08am

Hello,
 
Afraid, no. CXTPToolTipContext  currently works only with OnToolHitTest.
]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:08:20 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=38955&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#38955 <![CDATA[Tooltip following mouse cursor : Hi, In MFC, it possible to create...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=38953&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#38953 Author: Dmitry
Subject: 11607
Posted: 27 July 2008 at 9:28pm

Hi,

In MFC, it possible to create a CToolTipCtrl tooltip in a CView that follows the mouse cursor around. The tooltip is activated using Activate() and its text is updated using UpdateTipText.

For example, add the following changes to the Scribble sample:

static CToolTipCtrl * tooltip = 0;
void CScribbleView::OnLButtonUp(UINT, CPoint point)
{
     if (tooltip)
     {
          tooltip ->Activate (false);
          delete tooltip;
          tooltip = 0;
     }
     else
     {
          tooltip = new CToolTipCtrl ();
          tooltip -> Create (this);
          tooltip -> AddTool (this);
          tooltip -> Activate (true);
          tooltip -> UpdateTipText ("Tooltip", this);
     }

     // Mouse button up is interesting in the Scribble application
     ...

void CScribbleView::OnMouseMove(UINT, CPoint point)
{
     if (tooltip)
     {
          CString toolText;
          toolText .Format ("Mouse: (%d, %d)", point.x, point.y);
          tooltip -> UpdateTipText (toolText, this);
     }
     // Mouse movement is interesting in the Scribble application
     ...

BOOL CScribbleView::PreTranslateMessage (MSG * pMsg)
{
     if (tooltip)
          tooltip -> RelayEvent (pMsg);

     return __super :: PreTranslateMessage (pMsg);
}


Run the application. Click to turn the tooltip on or off, and move the mouse – it will show mouse coordinates just under the cursor, as it moves:
    

Is there a way to create a similar scenario in XTP, using other styles of tooltip (RTF, Office, etc)? All the existing examples of CXTPToolTipContext currently use OnToolHitTest, but not Activate+UpdateTipText.


Thanks,
Dmitry]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:28:18 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11607&PID=38953&title=tooltip-following-mouse-cursor#38953