The Tooltip is an (internal, for now) smart object used to show a content in a frame on mouse hover of objects(or widgets), with tips/information about them.

Functions
void	elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_push (Evas_Object *obj)
void	elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_pop (Evas_Object *obj)
int	elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
void	elm_object_tooltip_orient_set (Evas_Object *obj, Elm_Tooltip_Orient orient)
	Sets the orientation of the tooltip around the owner region.
Elm_Tooltip_Orient	elm_object_tooltip_orient_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Returns the orientation of Tooltip.
void	elm_object_tooltip_show (Evas_Object *obj)
	Force show tooltip of object.
void	elm_object_tooltip_hide (Evas_Object *obj)
	Force hide tooltip of object.
void	elm_object_tooltip_text_set (Evas_Object obj, const char text)
	Set the text to be displayed inside the tooltip.
void	elm_object_tooltip_domain_translatable_text_set (Evas_Object obj, const char domain, const char *text)
void	elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set (Evas_Object obj, Elm_Tooltip_Content_Cb func, const void data, Evas_Smart_Cb del_cb)
	Set the content to be shown in the tooltip object.
void	elm_object_tooltip_unset (Evas_Object *obj)
	Unset tooltip from object.
void	elm_object_tooltip_style_set (Evas_Object obj, const char style)
	Set a different style for this object tooltip.
const char *	elm_object_tooltip_style_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Get the style for this object tooltip.
Eina_Bool	elm_object_tooltip_window_mode_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool disable)
	Disable size restrictions on an object's tooltip.
Eina_Bool	elm_object_tooltip_window_mode_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Get size restriction state of an object's tooltip.
Typedefs
typedef Evas_Object (	Elm_Tooltip_Content_Cb )(void data, Evas_Object obj, Evas_Object *tooltip)
typedef Evas_Object (	Elm_Tooltip_Item_Content_Cb )(void data, Evas_Object obj, Evas_Object tooltip, void item)

Typedef Documentation

typedef Evas_Object*(* Elm_Tooltip_Content_Cb)(void *data, Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Object *tooltip)

Called back when a widget's tooltip is activated and needs content.

Parameters:

data	user-data given to elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set()
obj	owner widget.
tooltip	The tooltip object (affix content to this!)

typedef Evas_Object*(* Elm_Tooltip_Item_Content_Cb)(void *data, Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Object *tooltip, void *item)

Called back when a widget's item tooltip is activated and needs content.

Parameters:

data	user-data given to elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set()
obj	owner widget.
tooltip	The tooltip object (affix content to this!)
item	context dependent item. As an example, if tooltip was set on elm_list item, then it is of this type.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum Elm_Tooltip_Orient

Possible orient values for tooltip.

These values should be used in conjunction to elm_object_tooltip_orient_set() to set the position around which the tooltip should appear(relative to its parent)

Enumerator:

ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_NONE	Default value, Tooltip moves with mouse pointer
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_TOP_LEFT	Tooltip should appear at the top left of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_TOP	Tooltip should appear at the top of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_TOP_RIGHT	Tooltip should appear at the top right of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_LEFT	Tooltip should appear at the left of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_CENTER	Tooltip should appear at the center of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_RIGHT	Tooltip should appear at the right of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_BOTTOM_LEFT	Tooltip should appear at the bottom left of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_BOTTOM	Tooltip should appear at the bottom of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_BOTTOM_RIGHT	Tooltip should appear at the bottom right of parent
ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_LAST	Sentinel value, don't use

Function Documentation

double elm_config_tooltip_delay_get ( void )

Since :: 2.3

void elm_config_tooltip_delay_set ( double delay )

Since :: 2.3

void elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Elm_Tooltip_Content_Cb	func,
		const void *	data,
		Evas_Smart_Cb	del_cb
	)

Set the content to be shown in the tooltip object.

Parameters:

obj	The object being attached a tooltip.
func	The function used to create the tooltip contents.
data	What to provide to func as callback data/context.
del_cb	Function called when data is not needed anymore, either when another callback replaces `func`, the tooltip is unset with elm_object_tooltip_unset() or the owner object obj dies. This callback receives as the first parameter the given data, and `event_info` is NULL.

Setup the tooltip to object. The object can have only one tooltip, so any previous tooltip data is removed. func(with data) will be called every time that need show the tooltip and it should return a valid Evas_Object. This object is then managed fully by tooltip system and is deleted when the tooltip is gone.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_object_tooltip_domain_translatable_text_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const char *	domain,
		const char *	text
	)

Since :: 3.0

void elm_object_tooltip_hide ( Evas_Object * obj )

Force hide tooltip of object.

Parameters:

obj	Target object

Force hide the tooltip and (re)enable future mouse interations.

Since :: 2.3

int elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get the movement freeze count

This gets the movement freeze count.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip's anchor object

Returns:: The movement freeze count

See also:: elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_push()

Since (EFL) :: 1.9

Since :: 3.0

void elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_pop ( Evas_Object * obj )

This decrements the tooltip freeze count by one.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip's anchor object

See also:: elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_push()

Since (EFL) :: 1.9

Since :: 3.0

void elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_push ( Evas_Object * obj )

This increments the tooltip movement freeze count by one. If the count is more than 0, the tooltip position will be fixed.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip's anchor object

See also:: elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_pop(); elm_object_tooltip_move_freeze_get()

Since (EFL) :: 1.9

Since :: 3.0

Elm_Tooltip_Orient elm_object_tooltip_orient_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Returns the orientation of Tooltip.

Parameters:

obj	The owner object

Returns:: The orientation of the tooltip

See also:: elm_object_tooltip_orient_set() Elm_Tooltip_Orient for possible values.

Since :: 3.0

void elm_object_tooltip_orient_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Elm_Tooltip_Orient	orient
	)

Sets the orientation of the tooltip around the owner region.

Sets the position in which tooltip will appear around its owner. By default, ELM_TOOLTIP_ORIENT_NONE is set.

Parameters:

obj	The owner widget.
orient	The orientation of the tooltip.

See also:: Elm_Tooltip_Orient for possible values.

Since (EFL) :: 1.9

Since :: 3.0

void elm_object_tooltip_show ( Evas_Object * obj )

Force show tooltip of object.

Parameters:

obj	Target object

Force show the tooltip and disable hide on mouse_out. If another content is set as tooltip, the visible tooltip will be hidden and showed again with new content. This can force show more than one tooltip at a time.

Since :: 2.3

const char* elm_object_tooltip_style_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get the style for this object tooltip.

Parameters:

obj	an object with tooltip already set.

Returns:: style the theme style in use, defaults to "default". If the object does not have a tooltip set, then NULL is returned.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_object_tooltip_style_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const char *	style
	)

Set a different style for this object tooltip.

Note:: before you set a style you should define a tooltip with elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set() or elm_object_tooltip_text_set().

Parameters:

obj	an object with tooltip already set.
style	the theme style to use (default, transparent, ...)

Since :: 2.3

void elm_object_tooltip_text_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const char *	text
	)

Set the text to be displayed inside the tooltip.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip object.
text	The text to be displayed.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_object_tooltip_unset ( Evas_Object * obj )

Unset tooltip from object.

Parameters:

obj	Target object

Remove tooltip from object. The callback provided as del_cb to elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set() will be called to notify it is not used anymore.

See also:: elm_object_tooltip_content_cb_set()

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_object_tooltip_window_mode_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get size restriction state of an object's tooltip.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip's anchor object

Returns:: If EINA_TRUE, size restrictions are disabled

This function returns whether a tooltip is allowed to expand beyond its parent window's canvas. It will instead be limited only by the size of the display.

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_object_tooltip_window_mode_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	disable
	)

Disable size restrictions on an object's tooltip.

Parameters:

obj	The tooltip's anchor object
disable	If `EINA_TRUE`, size restrictions are disabled

Returns:: EINA_FALSE on failure, EINA_TRUE on success

This function allows a tooltip to expand beyond its parent window's canvas. It will instead be limited only by the size of the display.

Since :: 2.3

Functions

Typedefs

Typedef Documentation

Enumeration Type Documentation

Function Documentation