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ID	...	Creation date	June 15, 2009
Platform	S60 3rd Edition, FP1, FP2 S60 5th Edition	Tested on devices	Nokia N79
Category	Qt for Symbian	Subcategory	UI

Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): QToolTip::showText()

Overview

This code snippets shows how to show tool tips in widget. The QToolTip class provides tool tips (balloon help) for any widget. The tip is a short piece of text reminding the user of the widget's function. It is drawn immediately below the given position in a distinctive black-on-yellow color combination. The class QToolTip has static method showText(), which shows tool tips at given position.

This snippet can be self-signed. As it does not use any API which require developer/certified signing.

Preconditions

• Download and Install latest version Qt for Symbian - Installation packages which has links on how to install the latest version

Headers required

#include <QToolTip>

Source

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    ToolTip w;
    w.show();
 
	//Set string that you want to show in tooltip.
	QString string("kamlesh sangani");
 
	//Set position of tooltip
	QPoint pos(100,160);
 
	//Call method showText() of QToolTip to show tooltip.
	QToolTip::showText(pos,string);
 
    return a.exec();
}

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to show tool tips at given position..

External links

• QToolTip: QToolTip reference

Code Example

• The Code Example will show tool tips at given postion and is tested on Nokia N79.