GimpHelpUI

GimpHelpUI — Functions for setting tooltip and help identifier used by the GIMP help system.

Functions

Types and Values

#define GIMP_HELP_ID

Description

Functions for setting tooltip and help identifier used by the GIMP help system.

Functions

GimpHelpFunc ()

void
(*GimpHelpFunc) (const gchar *help_id,
                 gpointer help_data);

This is the prototype for all functions you pass as help_func to the various GIMP dialog constructors like gimp_dialog_new(), gimp_query_int_box() etc.

Help IDs are textual identifiers the help system uses to figure which page to display.

All these dialog constructors functions call gimp_help_connect().

In most cases it will be ok to use gimp_standard_help_func() which does nothing but passing the help_id string to gimp_help(). If your plug-in needs some more sophisticated help handling you can provide your own help_func which has to call gimp_help() to actually display the help.

Parameters

help_id

the help ID

 

help_data

the help user data

 

gimp_help_enable_tooltips ()

void
gimp_help_enable_tooltips (void);

Enable tooltips to be shown in the GIMP user interface.

As a plug-in author, you don't need to care about this as this function is called for you from gimp_ui_init(). This ensures that the user setting from the GIMP preferences dialog is respected in all plug-in dialogs.


gimp_help_disable_tooltips ()

void
gimp_help_disable_tooltips (void);

Disable tooltips to be shown in the GIMP user interface.

As a plug-in author, you don't need to care about this as this function is called for you from gimp_ui_init(). This ensures that the user setting from the GIMP preferences dialog is respected in all plug-in dialogs.


gimp_standard_help_func ()

void
gimp_standard_help_func (const gchar *help_id,
                         gpointer help_data);

This is the standard GIMP help function which does nothing but calling gimp_help(). It is the right function to use in almost all cases.

Parameters

help_id

A unique help identifier.

 

help_data

The help_data passed to gimp_help_connect().

 

gimp_help_connect ()

void
gimp_help_connect (GtkWidget *widget,
                   GimpHelpFunc help_func,
                   const gchar *help_id,
                   gpointer help_data);

Note that this function is automatically called by all libgimp dialog constructors. You only have to call it for windows/dialogs you created "manually".

Parameters

widget

The widget you want to connect the help accelerator for. Will be a GtkWindow in most cases.

 

help_func

The function which will be called if the user presses "F1".

 

help_id

The help_id which will be passed to help_func .

 

help_data

The help_data pointer which will be passed to help_func .

 

gimp_help_set_help_data ()

void
gimp_help_set_help_data (GtkWidget *widget,
                         const gchar *tooltip,
                         const gchar *help_id);

The reason why we don't use gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text() is that elements in the GIMP user interface should, if possible, also have a help_id set for context-sensitive help.

This function can be called with NULL for tooltip . Use this feature if you want to set a help link for a widget which shouldn't have a visible tooltip.

Parameters

widget

The GtkWidget you want to set a tooltip and/or help_id for.

 

tooltip

The text for this widget's tooltip (or NULL).

 

help_id

The help_id for the GtkTipsQuery tooltips inspector.

 

gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup ()

void
gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup (GtkWidget *widget,
                                     const gchar *tooltip,
                                     const gchar *help_id);

Just like gimp_help_set_help_data(), but supports to pass text which is marked up with Pango text markup language.

Parameters

widget

The GtkWidget you want to set a tooltip and/or help_id for.

 

tooltip

The markup for this widget's tooltip (or NULL).

 

help_id

The help_id for the GtkTipsQuery tooltips inspector.

 

Since: 2.6


gimp_context_help ()

void
gimp_context_help (GtkWidget *widget);

This function invokes the context help inspector.

The mouse cursor will turn turn into a question mark and the user can click on any widget of the application which started the inspector.

If the widget the user clicked on has a help_id string attached (see gimp_help_set_help_data()), the corresponding help page will be displayed. Otherwise the help system will ascend the widget hierarchy until it finds an attached help_id string (which should be the case at least for every window/dialog).

Parameters

widget

Any GtkWidget on the screen.

 

Types and Values

GIMP_HELP_ID

#define GIMP_HELP_ID (gimp_help_id_quark ())

The GQuark used to attach GIMP help IDs to widgets.

Since: 2.2