KConfigXT Support for ToolTips?

Sat Apr 5 03:29:05 BST 2008

Louai Al-Khanji wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 02:35:03 Allen Winter wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I noticed that a <whatsthis> element is supported in *.kcfg files
>> but <tooltip> is not.
>>
>> Why? Is it possible and a good idea to add tooltips?
> 
> Does whatsthis actually work? I tried using it a while ago after finding it 
> but it seemed broken. I haven't yet had the time to look into it further, 
> might be pebcak.
> 

It works.  Here's an example:

QLabel* m_label_details = new QLabel( "<qt>(<a href='details'>" + i18n( 
"Details" ) + "</a>)</qt>", this ); //clickable label to show whatsthis
m_label_details->setTextInteractionFlags( Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse | 
Qt::LinksAccessibleByKeyboard ); //make it actually clickable...important!
connect( m_label_details, SIGNAL( linkActivated(const QString &) ), 
this, SLOT( slotDetailsActivated(const QString &) ) );

m_details = QString( "<em>%1</em><br />" "<table>%2</table>" ).arg( 
title, table );  //title and table are html

and in slotDetailsActivated:

QWhatsThis::showText( QCursor::pos(), "<qt>" + m_details + "</qt>", 
Amarok::mainWindow() );

<qt> is actually a synonym for <html> IIRC, and yes, it's redundant there.

--Jeff