+ wxPoint pos = event.GetPosition();
+ const wxHelpEvent::Origin origin = event.GetOrigin();
+ if ( origin == wxHelpEvent::Origin_Keyboard )
+ {
+ // if the help event was generated from keyboard it shouldn't
+ // appear at the mouse position (which is still the only position
+ // associated with help event) if the mouse is far away, although
+ // we still do use the mouse position if it's over the window
+ // because we suppose the user looks approximately at the mouse
+ // already and so it would be more convenient than showing tooltip
+ // at some arbitrary position which can be quite far from it
+ const wxRect rectClient = GetClientRect();
+ if ( !rectClient.Contains(ScreenToClient(pos)) )
+ {
+ // position help slightly under and to the right of this window
+ pos = ClientToScreen(wxPoint(
+ 2*GetCharWidth(),
+ rectClient.height + GetCharHeight()
+ ));
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ( helpProvider->ShowHelpAtPoint(this, pos, origin) )