The <TOOLTIP/> (or <TIP/>) widget can be a direct child of any viewable widget. The <TOOLTIP/> can contain other widgets and is displayed based on the gesture attribute specified.
The tooltip widget is typically used to display information about the widget itself. It can be triggered by mouse hover, tap, longpress or manually using the Open() and Close() methods.
Attributes
Name
Type
Default
Description
Req
color
string
The color of the tooltip background
arrow
boolean
true
If the tooltip bubble should include the callout arrow
padding/pad
int
10
The padding between the tooltip background edges and the content
radius
int
8
The background corner rounding radius
position
string
rightCenter
The preferred position of the tooltip.
leftStart
leftCenter
leftEnd
topStart
topCenter
topEnd
bottomStart
bottomCenter
bottomEnd
rightStart
rightCenter
rightEnd
Refer to Tooltip Positioning below.
modal
boolean
false
If the tooltip should display as modal
timeout
int
The timeout in milliseconds before the tooltip automatically closes
distance
int
8
The distance, in pixels, the tooltip callout is positioned from the target widget
gesture
string
hover
The preferred method of opening/closing the tooltip.
hover
tap
longpress
manual
cursor
string
click
alias → A cursor indicating that the current operation will create an alias of, or a shortcut of the item
allScroll → A cursor indicating scrolling in any direction
basic → The platform-dependent basic cursor
cell → A cursor indicating selectable table cells
click → A cursor that emphasizes an element being clickable, such as a hyperlink
contextMenu → A cursor indicating somewhere the user can trigger a context menu
copy → A cursor indicating that the current operation will copy the item
disappearing → A cursor indicating that the current operation will result in the disappearance of the item
forbidden → A cursor indicating an operation that will not be carried out
grab → A cursor indicating something that can be dragged
grabbing → A cursor indicating something that is being dragged
help → A cursor indicating help information
move → A cursor indicating moving something
noDrop → A cursor indicating somewhere that the current item may not be dropped
none → Hide the cursor
precise → A cursor indicating precise selection, such as selecting a pixel in a bitmap
progress → A cursor indicating the status that the program is busy but can still be interacted with
resizeColumn → A cursor indicating resizing a column, or an item horizontally
resizeDown → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its bottom edge
resizeDownLeft → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its bottom-left corner
resizeDownRight → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its bottom-right corner
resizeLeft → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its left edge
resizeLeftRight → A cursor indicating resizing an object bidirectionally from its left or right edge
resizeRight → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its right edge
resizeRow → A cursor indicating resizing a row, or an item vertically
resizeUp → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its top edge
resizeUpDown → A cursor indicating resizing an object bidirectionally from its top or bottom edge
resizeUpLeft → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its top-left corner
resizeUpLeftDownRight → A cursor indicating resizing an object bidirectionally from its top left or bottom right corner
resizeUpRight → A cursor indicating resizing an object from its top-right corner
resizeUpRightDownLeft → A cursor indicating resizing an object bidirectionally from its top right or bottom left corner
text → A cursor indicating selectable text
verticalText → A cursor indicating selectable vertical text
wait → A cursor indicating the status that the program is busy and therefore can not be interacted with
