#This file is part of PLCOpenEditor, a library implementing an IEC 61131-3 editor
#based on the plcopen standard.
#Copyright (C) 2007: Edouard TISSERANT and Laurent BESSARD
#See COPYING file for copyrights details.
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#version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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from controls.CustomStyledTextCtrl import faces
TOOLTIP_MAX_CHARACTERS = 30 # Maximum number of characters by line in ToolTip
TOOLTIP_MAX_LINE = 5 # Maximum number of line in ToolTip
TOOLTIP_WAIT_PERIOD = 0.5 # Wait period before displaying tooltip in second
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Class that implements a custom tool tip
class CustomToolTip(wx.PopupWindow):
def __init__(self, parent, tip, restricted=True):
@param parent: Parent window
@param tip: Tip text (may be multiline)
@param restricted: Tool tip must follow size restriction in line and
characters number defined (default True)
wx.PopupWindow.__init__(self, parent)
self.Restricted = restricted
self.SetBackgroundStyle(wx.BG_STYLE_CUSTOM)
# Initialize text font style
faceName = faces["mono"])
self.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT, self.OnPaint)
Set tool tip text font style
@param font: wx.Font object containing font style
@param tip: Tool tip text
# Compute tip text line return
for line in tip.splitlines():
if len(new_line + " " + word) <= \
self.Tip.append(new_line)
self.Tip.append(new_line)
# Restrict number of lines
if len(self.Tip) > TOOLTIP_MAX_LINE:
self.Tip = self.Tip[:TOOLTIP_MAX_LINE]
# Add ... to the end of last line to indicate that tool tip
if len(self.Tip[-1]) < TOOLTIP_MAX_CHARACTERS - 3:
self.Tip[-1] = self.Tip[-1]\
[:TOOLTIP_MAX_CHARACTERS - 3] + "..."
self.Tip = tip.splitlines()
# Prevent to call wx method in non-wx threads
wx.CallAfter(self.RefreshTip)
def SetToolTipPosition(self, pos):
@param pos: New tool tip position
# Get screen size to prevent tool tip to go out of the screen
screen_width, screen_height = wx.GetDisplaySize()
# Calculate position of tool tip to stay in screen limits
tip_width, tip_height = self.GetToolTipSize()
self.SetPosition(wx.Point(
max(0, min(pos.x, screen_width - tip_width)),
max(0, min(pos.y, screen_height - tip_height))))
def GetToolTipSize(self):
Get tool tip size according to tip text and restriction
@return: wx.Size(tool_tip_width, tool_tip_height)
max_width = max_height = 0
# Create a memory DC for calculating text extent
# Compute max tip text size
w, h = dc.GetTextExtent(line)
max_width = max(max_width, w)
return wx.Size(max_width + 4, max_height + 4)
# Prevent to call this function if tool tip destroyed
# Refresh tool tip size and position
self.SetClientSize(self.GetToolTipSize())
def OnPaint(self, event):
@param event: Paint event
# Get buffered paint DC for tool tip
dc = wx.AutoBufferedPaintDC(self)
dc.SetBrush(wx.Brush(wx.Colour(255, 238, 170)))
tip_width, tip_height = self.GetToolTipSize()
# Draw background rectangle
dc.DrawRectangle(0, 0, tip_width, tip_height)
dc.DrawText(line, 2, line_offset + 2)
line_width, line_height = dc.GetTextExtent(line)
line_offset += line_height