Toolbar command button help text.

Jerryfiedler
Jerryfiedler
in Other

I cannot figure out how to show the command button help text when the button is in a toolbar.

When mouse hovers over a button in a RIBBON panel I get a tooltip (I believe that is what it is called) showing the command button name and the help text.

When mouse hovers over a button in a TOOLBAR I get a tooltip that shows only the command name.

Please let me know if there is a setting that makes the help text show for toolbar buttons.

Oddly the "tooltip" in the ribbon has a grey background while the "tooltip" in the toolbar is much lighter in color. Not that I care what color they are but it make me think these "tooltips" are not really the same.

I am using Bricscad Pro Version 26.2.05 but this "problem" has been around since I started with V25.

Comments

  • ALANH
    ALANH

    I just had like a label in front of the command line.

    ID_Offset_10 [_Button("Offset Beams 10",3DDO10,3DDO10)]^C^C^CO10

    But I am using a full custom MNU made in notepad.

    screenshot533.png

    I tried this but not sure how to get help to show

    ***HELPSTRINGS

    ID_Offset_10 [Draws offsets at 10 ]

    screenshot534.png

  • Jerryfiedler
    Jerryfiedler

    I found this BricsCAD blog (six years old) that states the following:

    • Help --- specifies the help text displayed on the status bar. The text appears in the status bar, again when you hover the cursor over the button.

    https://bricscad.octave.com/pt/blog/customize-toolbars-and-button-icons-customizing-bricscad-p8

    Nothing displays on my status bar when I hover a toolbar button. Actually I would not even want the help down in the status bar when my mouse and my eyes are at the toolbar that I have displayed directly below my ribbon at the top of my workspace. Even if this worked I would find it annoying to have the help text on the status bar. For ribbon buttons the help text is right there next to the cursor.

    @ALANH thanks for taking the time to comment. I don't use menus and I know nothing about them. The toolbar information in the CUI editor is easy to use and quite clear. The hovering thing is apparently broken.