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GUICtrlSetTip - balloon tip corners change if multi-line text is used in tip


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I have noticed that tip text, displayed as balloon tips ($TIP_BALLOON (1)), display very different corners under Windows 10 depending on the text consisting of a single or has multiple lines (line break with @LF or @CR).

Could that be a bug?

I recently moved to Windows 10 and used 7 before. On an old screenshot (under Win 7) I can see that multiple-lines-tip-texts still had rounded corners (even less round than for a single line).

I did not use Win 8 or 8.1 so I do not know how multi-line tip texts are rendered there.

I use single and multiple lines and now have inconsistent rendering for tip texts within the same GUI - not very nice ;-). I like the ‘balloon’ style but how to make them consistently sharp or round cornered?
Thanks

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    GUICreate("GUI control tip with/without line break", 400, 200)

    ; Balloon tip with rounded corners
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label - tip text NO line break (Balloon tip with rounded corners)", 10, 20)
    GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "Tip text (NO line break)", "Title",1 ,1)

    ; Balloon tip with corners not rounded
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("Label - Tip text WITH line break (Balloon tip with corners not rounded)", 10, 100)
    GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "Tip text ..." & @LF & "(WITH line break)", "Title", 1, 1)

    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    While 1
        Switch GUIGetMsg()
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

 

tip_txt_01.png

tip_txt_02.png

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Mungo,

When I run that script on my Win7 machine I notice significantly less rounded corners on the multi-line tip when compared to the single line version. So I can only surmise that this is a Windows "feature" rather then anything to do with AutoIt.

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Melba23,

Thanks!

Yes, I guess it must be a Windows 10 ‘feature’ ;) to go more in line with the more squarish, flat and sharp edged design of Windows 10 ... however, I thought that they would have skipped the round corners altogether.

Mungo

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