ToolTip for a PopupApplet with QML

[Dimitar Popov]

Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2012, 13:04:06 schrieb Marco Martin:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> > forwarding to the correct list :)
> > 
> > (was originally posted to kde-devel@)
> > 
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to implement a PopupApplet plasmoid using QML, but I don't know
> > how to define a tooltip for the icon. My problem is that I don't know
> > what should specify for PlasmaCore.ToolTip.target.
> > 
> > Thanks for the help in advance!
> 
> At the moment is not possible to do that, because yu don't have direct
> access to the popup icon.

Ok, I thought so, too, but I wanted to be sure that I'm not missing something 
;)

> A way could be adding a method to the global plasmoid object for
> popupapplets like setToolTip(icon, text, subtext)

Sounds ok to me, but I'm not the one to take such decisions ;)

> how does this sound? (not sure would be so desiderable for plasma2 tough..)

Why wouldn't it be desirable for plasma2? Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the 
goals of plasma2...

> and this could be a good junior job if soomebody can give it a shot ;)

I already looked at the code of Plasma::PopupApplet [1] with the hope of 
finding a hidden way to the widget in the notification area, but I'm not sure 
I'll have time for this in coming months :)

Thanks once again!

Regards,
Dimitar

[1] 
http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=blob&h=7b8191ade41c0c2059d51a49ee7bd283886d4709&hb=cc5bf952ad182cf049e5df02c4c5f09d62bb68a2&f=plasma%2Fpopupapplet.h