Synopsis

class gtk.Tooltip(gobject.GObject):
    def set_custom(widget)
    def set_icon(pixbuf)
    def set_icon_from_icon_name(icon_name, size)
    def set_icon_from_stock(stock_id, size)
    def set_icon_from_gicon(gicon, size)
    def set_markup(markup)
    def set_text(text)

Functions
 
    def gtk.tooltip_trigger_tooltip_query(display)

Ancestry

+-- gobject.GObject
  +-- gtk.Tooltip

Description

gtk.Tooltip belongs to the new tooltips API that was introduced in GTK+ 2.12 and which deprecates the old gtk.Tooltips API.

Basic tooltips can be realized simply by using gtk.Widget.set_tooltip_text() or gtk.Widget.set_tooltip_markup() without any explicit tooltip object.

When you need a tooltip with a little more fancy contents, like adding an image, or you want the tooltip to have different contents per gtk.TreeView row or cell, you will have to do a little more work:

In the probably rare case where you want to have even more control over the tooltip that is about to be shown, you can set your own gtk.Window which will be used as tooltip window. This works as follows:

Methods

    def set_custom(widget)

    def get_value(pixbuf)

    def set_icon_from_icon_name(icon_name, size)

    def set_icon_from_stock(stock_id, size)

    def set_icon_from_gicon(gicon, size)

    def set_markup(markup)

    def set_text(text)

Functions

    def tooltip_trigger_tooltip_query(display)