Info on Hover

Python Programming
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Hi there!

I am using Python to create some Add-ons, and I would like the user to see information about some of the properties (input fields, buttons, dropdowns, etc.) when he hovers the mouse on them. For example, in the HOME/Origin/Snap menu, when the user hovers on ‘1 Point’, he can see the text ‘Snap component with a single click’.

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Does anyone know if and how this can be achieved with Python? I checked the documentation and couldn’t find anything on this.
Thanks!

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Those are called tooltips. I think there is a way to assign tooltips for properties of Python commands through the localization system.

https://help.visualcomponents.com/4.8/Premium/en/Python_API/Template_for_Python_Add-on.htm?rhhlterm=Tooltip

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__init__.py

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from vcApplication import *

cmdName = "cmdTipExample"
netCommand = findCommand("netCommand")
netCommand.execute("SetLocalizationCommand", "English", "Python", cmdName, "Tooltip", "Tooltip Example")

def OnStart():  
  cmduri = getApplicationPath() + "TipExample.py"
  cmd = loadCommand(cmdName, cmduri)
  addMenuItem("VcTabHome/VcRibbonTools", "TipExample", -1, cmdName, "Help/rHelp")

TipExample.py

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from vcCommand import *
from vcHelpers.Application import *

cmdName = "cmdTipExample"

app = getApplication()
cmd = getCommand()
netCommand = app.findCommand("netCommand")

def getPanelProperty(propertyValue, propertyName, tooltip):
  property = cmd.getProperty(propertyName)
  if not property:
    property = cmd.createProperty(propertyValue, propertyName)
 
  netCommand.execute("SetLocalizationCommand", "English", "Python", "%s.%s" % (cmdName, propertyName), "Description", tooltip)
  return property

def OnPrintMe(arg):
  print "Hello %s" % me.Value

def OnStart():
  global me, printMe
  
  me = getPanelProperty(VC_STRING, "Me", "This is me")  
  
  printMe = getPanelProperty(VC_BUTTON, "PrintMe", "Click to print me")  
  printMe.OnChanged = OnPrintMe
  
  executeInActionPanel()
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