// the tooltip parent window
WXHWND wxToolTip::ms_hwndTT = (WXHWND)NULL;
+// new tooltip maximum width, default value is set on first call to wxToolTip::Add()
+int wxToolTip::ms_maxWidth = 0;
+
#if wxUSE_TTM_WINDOWFROMPOINT
// the tooltip window proc
TTDT_RESHOW, milliseconds);
}
+void wxToolTip::SetMaxWidth(int width)
+{
+ wxASSERT_MSG( width == -1 || width >= 0, _T("invalid width value") );
+
+ ms_maxWidth = width;
+}
+
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// implementation helpers
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
}
else
{
- // check for multiline toopltip
- int index = m_text.Find(_T('\n'));
-
- if ( index != wxNOT_FOUND )
- {
#ifdef TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH
- if ( wxApp::GetComCtl32Version() >= 470 )
- {
- // use TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH to make tooltip multiline using the
- // extent of its first line as max value
- HFONT hfont = (HFONT)
- SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), WM_GETFONT, 0);
+ if ( wxApp::GetComCtl32Version() >= 470 )
+ {
+ // use TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH to make tooltip multiline using the
+ // extent of its first line as max value
+ HFONT hfont = (HFONT)
+ SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), WM_GETFONT, 0);
+ if ( !hfont )
+ {
+ hfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
if ( !hfont )
{
- hfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
- if ( !hfont )
- {
- wxLogLastError(wxT("GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT)"));
- }
+ wxLogLastError(wxT("GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT)"));
}
+ }
- MemoryHDC hdc;
- if ( !hdc )
- {
- wxLogLastError(wxT("CreateCompatibleDC(NULL)"));
- }
+ MemoryHDC hdc;
+ if ( !hdc )
+ {
+ wxLogLastError(wxT("CreateCompatibleDC(NULL)"));
+ }
- if ( !SelectObject(hdc, hfont) )
- {
- wxLogLastError(wxT("SelectObject(hfont)"));
- }
+ if ( !SelectObject(hdc, hfont) )
+ {
+ wxLogLastError(wxT("SelectObject(hfont)"));
+ }
- // find the width of the widest line
- int max = 0;
- wxStringTokenizer tokenizer(m_text, _T("\n"));
- wxString token = tokenizer.GetNextToken();
- while (token.length())
- {
- SIZE sz;
- if ( !::GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc, token.wx_str(), token.length(), &sz) )
- {
- wxLogLastError(wxT("GetTextExtentPoint32"));
- }
- if ( sz.cx > max )
- max = sz.cx;
-
- token = tokenizer.GetNextToken();
- }
+ // find the width of the widest line
+ int maxWidth = 0;
+ wxStringTokenizer tokenizer(m_text, _T("\n"));
+ while ( tokenizer.HasMoreTokens() )
+ {
+ const wxString token = tokenizer.GetNextToken();
- // only set a new width if it is bigger than the current setting
- if ( max > SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(),
- TTM_GETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0) )
+ SIZE sz;
+ if ( !::GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc, token.wx_str(),
+ token.length(), &sz) )
{
- SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,
- wxUIntToPtr(max));
+ wxLogLastError(wxT("GetTextExtentPoint32"));
}
+
+ if ( sz.cx > maxWidth )
+ maxWidth = sz.cx;
}
- else
-#endif // comctl32.dll >= 4.70
+
+ // limit size to ms_maxWidth, if set
+ if ( ms_maxWidth == 0 )
{
- // replace the '\n's with spaces because otherwise they appear as
- // unprintable characters in the tooltip string
- m_text.Replace(_T("\n"), _T(" "));
- ti.lpszText = (wxChar *)m_text.wx_str(); // const_cast
+ // this is more or less arbitrary but seems to work well
+ static const int DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH = 400;
- if ( !SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_ADDTOOL, &ti) )
- {
- wxLogDebug(_T("Failed to create the tooltip '%s'"), m_text.c_str());
- }
+ ms_maxWidth = wxGetClientDisplayRect().width / 2;
+
+ if ( ms_maxWidth > DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH )
+ ms_maxWidth = DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH;
+ }
+
+ if ( ms_maxWidth != -1 && maxWidth > ms_maxWidth )
+ maxWidth = ms_maxWidth;
+
+ // only set a new width if it is bigger than the current setting
+ SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,
+ wxUIntToPtr(maxWidth));
+ }
+ else
+#endif // TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH
+ {
+ // replace the '\n's with spaces because otherwise they appear as
+ // unprintable characters in the tooltip string
+ m_text.Replace(_T("\n"), _T(" "));
+ ti.lpszText = (wxChar *)m_text.wx_str(); // const_cast
+
+ if ( !SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_ADDTOOL, &ti) )
+ {
+ wxLogDebug(_T("Failed to create the tooltip '%s'"), m_text.c_str());
}
}
}