From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: finding the face of a popup
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:26:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICMEDFDPAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878x7tig1j.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au>
> > I believe that the description of a face given by placing point
> > over a field and typing C-u C-x = should tell you
> > the face of a popup that is triggered when the mouse is over that
> > field.
>
> I think the problem with that is that you are mixing up two different
> levels of the application. The popup/tooltip is a function of the mouse
> location. The C-u C-x = describes what is around point and the
> tool tip is not really around point
1. See library facemenu+.el, which enhances standard library facemenu.el in
various ways.
In particular, it uses the mouse pointer position when Text Properties >
Describe Properties is accessed from the mouse popup menu ('C-mouse-2').
So, instead of using `C-x =', you can just point the mouse where you want,
use `C-mouse-2' to bring up the Text Properties menu, and choose menu item
Describe Properties. You'll see a description of the text properties at the
mouse pointer position (not the text cursor position).
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/FaceMenuPlus#TextPropertiesMenu
2. However, this won't help with the problem raised by the OP, because Emacs
never lets the mouse pointer point to a tooltip: as soon as you move the
mouse toward the tooltip, the tooltip disappears. That's TRT.
I really think that there is no great solution to this, which I also don't
think is a big problem. If you know that a tooltip is called a "tooltip"
(and many users do nowadays), then you can use `apropos', as suggested. If
you don't know that, then you can use `list-faces-display', as suggested,
and check each face that looks like what is used for tooltips - there are
probably not 36 such faces.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-30 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-27 18:53 finding the face of a popup Allan Gottlieb
2007-08-27 19:14 ` John Paul Wallington
2007-08-27 19:50 ` Allan Gottlieb
[not found] ` <mailman.5416.1188244253.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <87lkbwhur5.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au>
[not found] ` <mailman.5457.1188311130.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-29 8:55 ` Tim X
2007-08-29 14:22 ` Allan Gottlieb
2007-08-29 15:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-08-29 16:30 ` Allan Gottlieb
2007-08-29 18:29 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-08-29 21:28 ` Allan Gottlieb
[not found] ` <mailman.5504.1188397377.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-30 8:26 ` Tim X
2007-08-30 11:57 ` Allan Gottlieb
2007-08-30 15:26 ` Drew Adams [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.61.1188475058.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-31 5:04 ` Tim X
2007-08-31 22:38 ` Allan Gottlieb
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