CXTPToolBar and ToolTips

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Hey guys,

In the application I'm working on I've got a CXTPToolBar located directly above a 3D viewport.  When you hover over the icons in the toolbar a tooltip will appear.  Unfortunately, the tooltop appears below the mouse pointer and is hovering over the 3D viewport which causes it to flicker.

I think the easiest solution for this particular situation would be to have the tooltips appear to the right of the icon/mouse pointer so that they aren't so low as to hover over the 3D viewport.  Although if anyone has another potential solution, I'm flexibile.

My attempt to implement this was to override CXTPToolBar::OnWndMsg and call FilterToolTipMessage() with an adjusted tooltip location, but was unsuccessful.

I'm not exactly sure how to solve my issue but it would be great to be able to enable tooltips for my toolbar because icons without a description just don't cut it sometimes.

Thx

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Slamma Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 August 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slamma Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CXTPToolBar and ToolTips Posted: 27 February 2009 at 6:07pm
	Hey guys, In the application I'm working on I've got a CXTPToolBar located directly above a 3D viewport. When you hover over the icons in the toolbar a tooltip will appear. Unfortunately, the tooltop appears below the mouse pointer and is hovering over the 3D viewport which causes it to flicker. I think the easiest solution for this particular situation would be to have the tooltips appear to the right of the icon/mouse pointer so that they aren't so low as to hover over the 3D viewport. Although if anyone has another potential solution, I'm flexibile. My attempt to implement this was to override CXTPToolBar::OnWndMsg and call FilterToolTipMessage() with an adjusted tooltip location, but was unsuccessful. I'm not exactly sure how to solve my issue but it would be great to be able to enable tooltips for my toolbar because icons without a description just don't cut it sometimes. Thx

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2009 at 12:28am
	Hi, You can patch CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::SetVisibleTool method and rebuild toolkit. change rcToolTip.SetRect(pt.x, pt.y + nCursorHeight, pt.x + sz.cx, pt.y + nCursorHeight + sz.cy); line to position you need.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Slamma Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 August 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slamma Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2009 at 1:11pm
	I will rebuild the toolkit. Thanks oleg.