#include "wx/tokenzr.h"
#include "wx/msw/private.h"
+#ifndef TTTOOLINFO_V1_SIZE
+ #define TTTOOLINFO_V1_SIZE 0x28
+#endif
+
+#ifndef TTF_TRANSPARENT
+ #define TTF_TRANSPARENT 0x0100
+#endif
+
// VZ: normally, the trick with subclassing the tooltip control and processing
// TTM_WINDOWFROMPOINT should work but, somehow, it doesn't. I leave the
// code here for now (but it's not compiled) in case we need it later.
::ZeroMemory(this, sizeof(TOOLINFO));
// the structure TOOLINFO has been extended with a 4 byte field in
- // version 4.70 of comctl32.dll and if we compile on a newer machine
- // but run on one with the old version of comctl32, nothing will work
- // because the library will detect that we rely on a more recent
- // version of it. So we always use the old size - if we ever start
- // using our lParam member, we'd have to check for comctl32 version
- // during run-time
-#if _WIN32_IE >= 0x0300
- cbSize = sizeof(TOOLINFO) - sizeof(LPARAM);
-#else // old headers
- cbSize = sizeof(TOOLINFO);
-#endif // compile-time comctl32.dll version
+ // version 4.70 of comctl32.dll and another one in 5.01 but we don't
+ // use these extended fields so use the old struct size to ensure that
+ // the tooltips work on old (Windows 95) systems too
+ cbSize = TTTOOLINFO_V1_SIZE;
hwnd = hwndOwner;
uFlags = TTF_IDISHWND;
- uId = (UINT)hwndOwner;
+
+ // we use TTF_TRANSPARENT to fix a problem which arises at least with
+ // the text controls but may presumably happen with other controls
+ // which display the tooltip at mouse position: it can start flashing
+ // then as the control gets "focus lost" events and dismisses the
+ // tooltip which then reappears because mouse remains hovering over the
+ // control, see SF patch 1821229
+ if ( wxApp::GetComCtl32Version() >= 470 )
+ {
+ uFlags |= TTF_TRANSPARENT;
+ }
+
+ uId = (UINT_PTR)hwndOwner;
}
};
}
// only set a new width if it is bigger than the current setting
- if (max > SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_GETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0))
+ if ( max > SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(),
+ TTM_GETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0) )
+ {
SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,
- (void *)max);
+ wxUIntToPtr(max));
+ }
}
else
#endif // comctl32.dll >= 4.70