Displaying lots of information in a tooltip

[Phenom 0]

I have a lot of information I want to display in a tooltip. I requires several lines. I do not want to have to put all of it in one line, because it's long. If I split the command along multiple lines then it's not recognized. How can this be done?

[KaFu 179]

I use this function in SMF...

Func _ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String($s_ToolTip_Org)
    Local $s_ToolTip_Final
    Local $s_ToolTip_Work = $s_ToolTip_Org
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen = 120
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows = 8
    Local $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = 0
    If StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen Then
        While StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen
            $s_ToolTip_Final &= StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen) & @LF
            $s_ToolTip_Work = StringRight($s_ToolTip_Work, StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) - $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen)
            $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows += 1
            If $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows - 1 Then
                $s_ToolTip_Work = StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen - 4) & " ..."
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        WEnd
        $s_ToolTip_Final &= $s_ToolTip_Work
    Else
        $s_ToolTip_Final = $s_ToolTip_Work
    EndIf
    StringStripWS($s_ToolTip_Final, 7)
    ToolTip($s_ToolTip_Final)
EndFunc   ;==>_ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String

[Phenom 0]

I use this function in SMF...

Func _ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String($s_ToolTip_Org)
    Local $s_ToolTip_Final
    Local $s_ToolTip_Work = $s_ToolTip_Org
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen = 120
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows = 8
    Local $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = 0
    If StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen Then
        While StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen
            $s_ToolTip_Final &= StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen) & @LF
            $s_ToolTip_Work = StringRight($s_ToolTip_Work, StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) - $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen)
            $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows += 1
            If $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows - 1 Then
                $s_ToolTip_Work = StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen - 4) & " ..."
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        WEnd
        $s_ToolTip_Final &= $s_ToolTip_Work
    Else
        $s_ToolTip_Final = $s_ToolTip_Work
    EndIf
    StringStripWS($s_ToolTip_Final, 7)
    ToolTip($s_ToolTip_Final)
EndFunc   ;==>_ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String

How do you call that? Do you just pass the long string? That's the problem. You have to put the long string all in one line.

[wakillon 395]

It works well with multiple lines !

$_message = 'I have a lot of information ' & @CRLF & _
            'I want to display in a tooltip.' & @CRLF & _
            'I requires several lines.' & @CRLF & _
            'I do not want to have to put all of it in one line, because its long.' & @CRLF & _
            'If I split the command along multiple lines then its not recognized.' & @CRLF & _
            'How can this be done?' 

Tooltip ( $_message )
Sleep ( 5000 )

Show us how you use tooltip...

Edited October 13, 2010 by wakillon

[KaFu 179]

I use it like shown belown. Wraps the tooltip and cuts it to a max length, useful if you don't know the length of the string beforehand ...

$string =   "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
$string &= "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
$string &= "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

_ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String($string)

sleep(10000)

Func _ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String($s_ToolTip_Org)
    Local $s_ToolTip_Final
    Local $s_ToolTip_Work = $s_ToolTip_Org
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen = 120
    Local $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows = 8
    Local $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = 0
    If StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen Then
        While StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) > $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen
            $s_ToolTip_Final &= StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen) & @crlf
            $s_ToolTip_Work = StringRight($s_ToolTip_Work, StringLen($s_ToolTip_Work) - $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen)
            $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows += 1
            If $i_ToolTip_Current_Rows = $i_ToolTip_Max_Rows - 1 Then
                $s_ToolTip_Work = StringLeft($s_ToolTip_Work, $i_ToolTip_Max_StringLen - 4) & " ..."
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        WEnd
        $s_ToolTip_Final &= $s_ToolTip_Work
    Else
        $s_ToolTip_Final = $s_ToolTip_Work
    EndIf
    StringStripWS($s_ToolTip_Final, 7)
    ToolTip($s_ToolTip_Final)
EndFunc   ;==>_ToolTip_Wrap_Long_String

Edited October 13, 2010 by KaFu

[Phenom 0]

It works well with multiple lines !

$_message = 'I have a lot of information ' & @CRLF & _
            'I want to display in a tooltip.' & @CRLF & _
            'I requires several lines.' & @CRLF & _
            'I do not want to have to put all of it in one line, because its long.' & @CRLF & _
            'If I split the command along multiple lines then its not recognized.' & @CRLF & _
            'How can this be done?' 

Tooltip ( $_message )
Sleep ( 5000 )

Show us how you use tooltip...

I just put the string all in one line. I notice that you are using _ to split it into multiple lines. That solves the problem, thanks.

[wakillon 395]

@KaFu

Looks good !

I thought he was talking about the number of lines and not their lengths...

[wakillon 395]

I just put the string all in one line. I notice that you are using _ to split it into multiple lines. That solves the problem, thanks.

I use _ just for display the script more easily, not for split text !