Ribbon-Style Tooltips: Two Questions

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   Do you provide a way to enable the "Press F1 for more help" message at the bottom of ribbon-style tooltips?  I couldn't find anything in the docs or source code that appears to do it.  I thought maybe it would show up automatically for controls with a HelpId set, but that didn't work either.  I would upload an example image from Office, but I don't appear to have the necessary permission.. even though I was able to upload images to a post last week.

Another, similar question: is there an easy way to provide alternate or additional tool tip text when a control is disabled?  Office doesn't do it much, but one of their UI guidelines includes having tooltips that explain why a control is disabled.  I presume that I could just use SetDescription whenever the enabled state of a control changes, but I thought you might have something baked in for this purpose.

Thanks!

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Jayonas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 September 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jayonas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Ribbon-Style Tooltips: Two Questions Posted: 04 October 2007 at 3:21pm
	Do you provide a way to enable the "Press F1 for more help" message at the bottom of ribbon-style tooltips? I couldn't find anything in the docs or source code that appears to do it. I thought maybe it would show up automatically for controls with a HelpId set, but that didn't work either. I would upload an example image from Office, but I don't appear to have the necessary permission.. even though I was able to upload images to a post last week. Another, similar question: is there an easy way to provide alternate or additional tool tip text when a control is disabled? Office doesn't do it much, but one of their UI guidelines includes having tooltips that explain why a control is disabled. I presume that I could just use SetDescription whenever the enabled state of a control changes, but I thought you might have something baked in for this purpose. Thanks!

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: 05 October 2007 at 3:35am
	Hello, 1. Sorry, ther is no way. Think we will add it for future releases. 2. You can add Update handler for command id and manually set tooltiptext for enabled/disabled stats. CXTPControl* pStateCombo = CXTPControl::FromUI(pCmdUI); if (pStateCombo) pStateCombo ->SetTooltIpText(strTip);
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Jayonas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 September 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jayonas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 October 2007 at 10:38am
	I'll look forward to that feature in a future release. Thanks for your response!

markr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 August 2004 Status: Offline Points: 443	Post Options Post Reply Quote markr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 June 2010 at 2:38pm
	> 1. Sorry, there is no way. Think we will add it for future releases. Oleg made this statement quite a while back (October of 2007). Is this capability present in current (v13.3) release? I can't seem to find any information on it.