- // only set a new width if it is bigger than the current setting:
- // otherwise adding a tooltip with shorter line(s) than a previous
- // one would result in breaking the longer lines unnecessarily as
- // all our tooltips share the same maximal width
- if ( maxWidth > SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(),
- TTM_GETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0) )
- {
- SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,
- wxUIntToPtr(maxWidth));
- }
+ if ( ms_maxWidth != -1 && maxWidth > ms_maxWidth )
+ maxWidth = ms_maxWidth;
+
+ // only set a new width if it is bigger than the current setting:
+ // otherwise adding a tooltip with shorter line(s) than a previous
+ // one would result in breaking the longer lines unnecessarily as
+ // all our tooltips share the same maximal width
+ if ( maxWidth > SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(),
+ TTM_GETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0) )
+ {
+ SendTooltipMessage(GetToolTipCtrl(), TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH,
+ wxUIntToPtr(maxWidth));