ToolTip to show popup window with help text when mouse is hovering over the widget

Showing help text in a popup window when mouse is hovering over the widget and closes when mouse left the widget or the widget is clicked.

Parameters


`text`	Message or text to be displayed on popup window.
`bootstyle`	Style keyword, options are primary, secondary, success,info,warning,danger, light, dark
`wraplength`	The width of the popup window in screenunits before the text is wrapped to the next line.
`**kwargs`	Other keyword arguments.

ToolTip of Ttkbootstrap to show Help text when mouse is over the widget #14

import ttkbootstrap as ttk
from ttkbootstrap.constants import *
from ttkbootstrap.tooltip import ToolTip

my_w = ttk.Window()
my_w.geometry("500x200")  # width and height

b1 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Start", bootstyle=SUCCESS)
b1.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=40, pady=40)

b2 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Stop", bootstyle=DANGER)
b2.grid(row=2, column=2, padx=40, pady=40)

b3 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Jump", bootstyle=PRIMARY)
b3.grid(row=2, column=3, padx=40, pady=40)

b4 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Reset", bootstyle=WARNING)
b4.grid(row=2, column=4, padx=40, pady=40)
tt1 = ToolTip(b1, text="This is to Start", bootstyle=(INFO, INVERSE))
tt2 = ToolTip(b2, text="This is Stop the Project", bootstyle=(DANGER))
tt3 = ToolTip(b3, text="This is Jump the Project", bootstyle=(SUCCESS, INVERSE))
tt4 = ToolTip(
    b4, text="This is Reset the Project", wraplength=100, bootstyle=(SECONDARY, INVERSE)
)

my_w.mainloop()

Using hide_tip() and show_tip().

Ttkbootstrap Tooltip hide_tip() show_tip()

The ToolTip (tt1) for the first button ( b1) will display when the value of the Floodgauge is less than 25. Once it goes beyond 25 the ToolTip is hidden by using tt1.hide_tip(). It is displayed again by using tt1.show_tip().

import ttkbootstrap as ttk
from ttkbootstrap.constants import *
from ttkbootstrap.tooltip import ToolTip

my_w = ttk.Window()
my_w.geometry("520x320")  # width and height

fg = ttk.Floodgauge(
    bootstyle=INFO,
    mask="Progress {}%",
    value=10,
    length=500,
)
fg.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=10, pady=50, columnspan=4)

b1 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Start", command=lambda: fg.start(), bootstyle=SUCCESS)
b1.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=10, pady=40)

b2 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Stop", command=lambda: fg.stop(), bootstyle=DANGER)
b2.grid(row=2, column=2, padx=10, pady=40)

b3 = ttk.Button(my_w, text="Jump", command=lambda: fg.step(5), bootstyle=PRIMARY)
b3.grid(row=2, column=3, padx=10, pady=40)

b4 = ttk.Button(
    my_w, text="Reset", command=lambda: fg.configure(value=10), bootstyle=WARNING
)
b4.grid(row=2, column=4, padx=10, pady=40)


def my_upd(*args):
    if fg.variable.get() < 25:
        fg.configure(bootstyle=INFO)
        tt1.show_tip()

    elif fg.variable.get() < 50:
        fg.configure(bootstyle=SUCCESS)
        tt1.hide_tip()
    elif fg.variable.get() < 80:
        fg.configure(bootstyle=WARNING)

    else:
        fg.configure(bootstyle=DANGER)


fg.variable.trace("w", my_upd)
tt1 = ToolTip(b1, text="This is Started", bootstyle=(INFO, INVERSE))
tt2 = ToolTip(b2, text="This will Stop the Project", bootstyle=(DANGER))
tt3 = ToolTip(b3, text="This is to Jump the Project", bootstyle=(SUCCESS, INVERSE))
tt4 = ToolTip(
    b4, text="This is Reset the Project", wraplength=100, bootstyle=(SECONDARY, INVERSE)
)
my_w.mainloop()

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ToolTip to show help text on Mouse hover

Parameters

Using hide_tip() and show_tip().

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