I should add that menu tooltips have limitations on systems with native menus
(OS X and Windows) because Tk doesn't get events serviced while menus are being
perused.
On 2011-05-04, at 3:58 PM, Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> On 2011-05-04, at 3:02 PM, Mike Ignatoski wrote:
>> I'm using Perl/Tkx, and I'm attempting to use the BWidget DynamicHelp to
>> create a Balloon Tip when the user's mouse hovers over a menuitem (menubar
>> or popup), but so far I've been unsuccessful.
>
> I would recommend using the tooltip package instead. An example:
>
> Tkx::package_require('tooltip');
>
> # get 'tooltip' as toplevel command
> Tkx::namespace_import("::tooltip::tooltip");
>
> Tkx::tooltip($mymenu, -index => 1, "Menu Tooltip");
>
> See also:
>
> http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.5/tklib/tooltip/tooltip.html
>
> Jeff
>
