Tooltip duration

[joost.lijster@siemens.com]

Hi all,

For a project we are trying to implement some extended tooltip functionality, such as dynamically enabling / disabling tooltips and editing the display time of a tooltip.

According to the help-file, this should be easily done: the function toolTipDuration should be able to edit display time.

Description
Specifies how long a tooltip is shown. The time is specified in milliseconds. If the duration value is -1, the duration is calculated depending on the length of the tooltip.

Assignment
Simple graphics objects: plain text, line, free line, polyline, arc, ellipse, frame;

Complex graphics objects: cascade, button, check box, option box, combo box, selection list, text field, spin-button;

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main()
{
   
   this.toolTipText("This is a tooltip");
   int t = 1000;
   this.toolTipDuration(t);
}

Unfortunately (and this is why I posted this thread in bugs/problems), this function seems to be absent from whatever graphic I draw.

There is a workaround, using the QT stylesheet. The snippet changes the tooltip duration of QT graphics and works like a charm:

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* { qproperty-toolTipDuration: 1000;}

Problem: stylesheets are not applied to simple graphic objects, such as rectangles or lines. Therefore, this tooltip duration is not editable.

Is there any way I can edit the tooltip duration for simple graphic objects, as described in the helpfile? (currently running 3.16P015)

[kilianvp]

only ewo's have a toolTipDuration

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[leoknipp]

As far as I know the behaviour of the tooltips is configured in the operating system and WinCC OA uses these settings.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[leoknipp]

The screenshot in the first posting is related to the property "toolTipDuration" for the BarChart3D EWO. It is not a common property which can be used for all graphical objects.
We have informed our documentation group that they shall check the description and remove the information in the end of the description.

The property "toolTipDuration" can only be used for EWOs as it is a QT property.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[RJM1987]

Hi,

I had the same inital question too - the help documentation in 3.17 still has an entry for "tooltipDuration" but it has no mention of only being applicable to EWOs. In fact, the last section of the documentation specifically states:


Assignment

Simple graphics objects: plain text, line, free line, polyline, arc, ellipse, frame;

Complex graphics objects: cascade, button, check box, option box, combo box, selection list, text field, spin-button;

I interpreted that as those objects would have the tooltipDuration property, but alas, I was wrong!

[leoknipp]

There is only 1 entry in the Documentation which refers to "tooltipDuration" and this is part of the BarChart3D EWO documentation.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[joost.lijster@siemens.com]

Sorry for the late reply, but he text in the first post taken straight out of the help documentation.

There is only 1 entry in the Documentation which refers to "tooltipDuration" and this is part of the BarChart3D EWO documentation.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[joost.lijster@siemens.com]

The screenshot in the first posting is related to the property "toolTipDuration" for the BarChart3D EWO. It is not a common property which can be used for all graphical objects.
We have informed our documentation group that they shall check the description and remove the information in the end of the description.

The property "toolTipDuration" can only be used for EWOs as it is a QT property.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

Well, as I mentioned, ALL QT items respond to this, if set by the stylesheet. This includes widgets (buttons etc). Unfortunately the function is absent within the scripting. Stylesheets are the workaround, but this does not apply to simple graphics (these are not style-able).