Stabilise the tooltips interface and use it successfully in the Bibtex,

[features.git] / src / frontends / xforms / FormBase.h

diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.h b/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.h
index d6da374b805d14f6b559aedf3e1b972bff15a7b6..4cbc0d2f48468333beb18293a2e48141149a9bf9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.h
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.h
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 #include "ButtonPolicies.h"
 
 class xformsBC;
-
+class Tooltips;
 
 /** This class is an XForms GUI base class.
  */
-class FormBase : public ViewBC<xformsBC>
+class FormBase : public ViewBC<xformsBC>, public SigC::Object
 {
 public:
        ///
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
        ///
        FormBase(ControlButtons &, string const &, bool allowResize);
        ///
-       virtual ~FormBase() {}
+       virtual ~FormBase();
 
        /** input callback function.
            Invoked only by C_FormBaseInputCB and by C_FormBasePrehandler */
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ public:
        void FeedbackCB(FL_OBJECT *, int event);
 
        /** Return the tooltip dependent on the value of tooltip_level_
-           Invoked only by setTooltipHandler and by TooltipTimerCB */
-       string const getTooltip(FL_OBJECT *) const;
+           currently non-const becuase it gets connected to a SigC::slot */
+       string getTooltip(FL_OBJECT const *);
 
 protected:
        /// Build the dialog
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ protected:
        /// Create the dialog if necessary, update it and display it.
        void show();
 
-       /// Set's how verbose the tooltips are going to be
-       void setTooltipLevel(TooltipLevel level);
-
        /// Prepare the way to produce a tooltip when the mouse is over ob.
        void setTooltipHandler(FL_OBJECT * ob);
 
@@ -82,6 +79,12 @@ protected:
            clear_feedback(). */
        void setWarningPosted(bool);
 
+       /** Fill the tooltips chooser with the standard descriptions
+           and set it to the tooltips_level_ */
+       void fillTooltipChoice(FL_OBJECT *);
+       /// Set tooltips_level_ from the chooser.
+       void setTooltipLevel(FL_OBJECT *);
+       
 private:
        /// Pointer to the actual instantiation of xform's form
        virtual FL_FORM * form() const = 0;
@@ -93,9 +96,9 @@ private:
        virtual void redraw();
 
        /// These methods can be overridden in the daughter classes.
-       virtual string const getMinimalTooltip(FL_OBJECT *) const
+       virtual string const getMinimalTooltip(FL_OBJECT const *) const
                { return string(); }
-       virtual string const getVerboseTooltip(FL_OBJECT *) const
+       virtual string const getVerboseTooltip(FL_OBJECT const *) const
                { return string(); }
 
        /// Post feedback for ob. Defaults to nothing
@@ -114,10 +117,8 @@ private:
        /** Variable used to decide whether to remove the existing feedback
            message or not (if it is infact a warning) */
        bool warning_posted_;
-       /// Enables tooltips for crappy GUI libraries...
-#if FL_REVISION < 89
-       FL_OBJECT * tooltip_timer_;
-#endif
+       ///
+       Tooltips * tooltip_;
        /// How verbose are the tooltips?
        TooltipLevel tooltip_level_;
 };