ctrlSetTooltip

1.001.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Sets tooltip text of given control.

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If control supports URL property, like RscActiveText for example, and the URL is set, tooltip text displayed on mouse over will be appended with URL text.

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

control ctrlSetTooltip text

Parameters:

control: Control - any control type, (except for CT_STATIC & CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT, although Arma 3 now supports these too)

text: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_control ctrlSetTooltip "tooltip";

Example 2:

findDisplay 10000 displayCtrl 10001 ctrlSetTooltip "ThisIsAGoodTip";

Example 3:

with uiNamespace do { bar = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty" ctrlCreate ["RscProgress", -1]; bar ctrlSetPosition [0,0,1,0.01]; bar ctrlCommit 0; bar progressSetPosition 0.75; bar ctrlSetTooltip "lalalalalalalala"; };

Additional Information

See also:

ctrlSetTooltipColorBox ctrlSetTooltipColorShade ctrlSetTooltipColorText

Notes

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Posted on 2017-09-26 - 08:08 (UTC)

Demellion

NOTE: If you want to receive a multi-line tooltip, you can simply input newline escape symbol in your text:

_ctrl ctrlSetTooltip "Your text\nYour text on next line";

Localization files (stringtable.xml) also supports that.