tk2tip {tcltk2} | R Documentation

## Display and manage tooltips in tk widgets

### Description

`tk2tip` provides a simple mechanism to display tooltips on tk widgets when the mouse hoover on top of them.

### Usage

      tk2tip(widget, message)
      tk2killtip()

### Arguments

`widget` | The widget to which a tooltip is attached
`message` | The message of the tooltip ("" to remove the tooltip)

### Note

This implementation is done in pure tcl code

### Author(s)

Philippe Grosjean

### See Also

`tk2widgets`, `tk2theme`

### Examples

      ## Not run:
        ## These cannot be run by examples() but should be OK when pasted
        ## into an interactive R session with the tcltk package loaded

            tt2 <- tktoplevel()
        lb <- tk2label(tt2, text = "Move mouse over me, or over the button to see tooltip")
        tkgrid(lb)
        tk2tip(lb, "A tooltip for the label \ndisplayed on two lines")
        but <- tk2button(tt2, text = "OK", width = 10,
            command = function() tkdestroy(tt2))
        tkgrid(but)
        tk2tip(but, "Another tooltip for the button")
        #### TO DO: show the use of tk2killtip()!
      ## End(Not run)

[Package tcltk2 version 0.9-5 Index]