new Xfce4 Tooltip

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Fri Jul 15 00:15:23 CEST 2005


Eduard Roccatello wrote:
> hello Folks!
> 
> I've just tought about a litte cute tooltip for Xfce4.4 release.
> I think it could add some eyecandyness to the next release.
> 
> 
> It is quite like this
> 
> ---------------------------
> |  /----\                 |
> | / icon \  Program Name  |
> | \      /  Description   |
> |  \----/                 |
> ---------------------------
> 
> You can found it @
> http://www.hyperstorm.org/xfce4-tooltip-0.1.tar.gz
> 
> The example references Firefox and the icon path is hardcoded (time 
> saving :-D)
> The position now is fixed on screen center and it vanish after a couple 
> of seconds (this will be changed and configurable).
> 
> You can change it at the row 67 of main.c (HERE 
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv)
> buf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size 
> ("/usr/share/pixmaps/mozilla-firefox.png", 64, 64, NULL);
> 
> I think this should be added to libxfce4gui :-)
> 
> What about it? :-)

What would it be used for?

Benedikt



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