From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gtk version getting closer Date: 21 Nov 2002 21:47:52 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200211211309.WAA29740@etlken.m17n.org> <20021121140846.GA21267@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037916734 17536 80.91.224.249 (21 Nov 2002 22:12:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kenichi Handa , bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18EzYJ-0004Y3-00 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:12:03 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18EzcB-0006b6-00 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:16:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18EzX3-0005P7-00; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:10:45 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18EzVW-0003Kj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:09:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18EzVR-0003H2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:09:09 -0500 Original-Received: from gadolinium.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.111]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18EzVR-0003Gb-00; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:09:05 -0500 Original-Received: from host213-122-239-13.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.239.13] helo=nyaumo.btinternet.com) by gadolinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #16) id 18EzVP-00020G-00; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:09:04 +0000 Original-Received: from nyaumo.btinternet.com (nyaumo.btinternet.com [127.0.0.1]) by nyaumo.btinternet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34DD4AFF4; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:47:52 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20021121140846.GA21267@gnu.org> Original-Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9615 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9615 Miles Bader writes: > One thing I noticed about the windows tooltips is that they pop up > neatly aligned with the edge of the menu entry or whatever MS-Windows? All the tooltips I've seen on that platform are placed a certain offset from the mouse pointer (below and to the right if there's room, but avoiding the bottom and right edge of the screen). It is relatively easy to make tooltips obscure the item they are pointing to if you try, although it doesn't happen accidentally as often as with the default settings in Emacs, I think due to the positioning of the tooltip as below the pointer instead of above where it is near the hotspot. Gnome on the other hand seems to position them vertically relative to the menu entry or whatever (below), and horizontally relative to the mouse (centered, which I'm not sure I like, but maybe its a case of getting used to it). > Perhaps it would also be good to pass a hint as to the preferred side of > rectangle to put the tooltip on (which I guess would be ignored if there > wasn't enough space). They should be consistent. Tooltips popping up in different places based on the preferences of some elisp package author would not be good.