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Feb 13th, 2020, 04:28 PM
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ToolTip on Menu Item
Ok here's another I haven't tried to do before.
I've got a nice ToolTip procedure that puts nice multi-line balloon tooltips on the screen. However, typically, I call it in MouseMove events, and it takes the hWnd of the control I'm putting it on. And I've got neither of those for a menu item.
Actually, I'm not sure a menu item even has a hWnd. I suspect the overall dropdown list has a hWnd, but I'd need it for each item. I suppose I could make it work with the hWnd to the dropdown window, but I still need a MouseMove event.
Hmmm, maybe I'm working this out as I type. I suppose I could parse the items on the list and do a bit of 2D geometry to figure out which one I'm hovering over. Argh, that feels messy.
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Any ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.
Elroy
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Feb 13th, 2020, 04:42 PM
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Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
Here, I mocked up what I'd like to do:
EDIT: Just FYI, that was photoshopped, not programmed.
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Feb 13th, 2020, 05:02 PM
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Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
You might be better of with an owner drawn menu to save your time, like those that can display icons. The standard menu is windowless. You call GetMenu to get hMenu(This can be done with other apps too), then you call GetSubMenu, followed by GetMenuItemRect. You probably looking at more than 100 lines of code to do this. Not to mention subclassing.
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Feb 13th, 2020, 05:26 PM
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Feb 13th, 2020, 07:29 PM
#5
Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
Elroy I feel like we've had this discussion before... 
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Feb 13th, 2020, 09:36 PM
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Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
 Originally Posted by fafalone
Elroy I feel like we've had this discussion before...
Hmmm, interesting. I tried turning that into a true tooltip and it's got some problems, but it's definitely something to work with. qvb6, your link also has some interesting code. I'm working some other stuff right now. But, if I get back to this and get a cleaned up version, I'll post it.
And it's amazing how little memory I have of that other work. I certainly didn't incorporate it into anything I distributed.
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Feb 14th, 2020, 04:35 AM
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Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
Why would a Menu-Item not have a Handle?
GetMenu to get the Top-Level-Menu-Handle --> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ectedfrom=MSDN
GetSubMenu to get the Handle to Menu-Item --> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ser-getsubmenu
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Feb 14th, 2020, 05:36 AM
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Re: ToolTip on Menu Item
Couldn't edit my post:
WOOOPSS!
Just saw qvb6 said the same
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