B4J Question Is it possible to add a tool tip to menu items?

[miker2069]

The title says it all - is there a way to add tool tip information to a menu item either via the json string or programmatically?

 

[Erel]

The standard menu items do not support this feature.

You can use this code to create custom menu items:

Sub CustomMenu_MouseClicked (EventData As MouseEvent)
   Dim lbl As Label = Sender
   Log($"Clicked: ${lbl.Text}"$)
End Sub

Sub CreateCustomMenuItem (Text As String, Tooltip As String) As MenuItem
   Dim lbl As Label
   lbl.Initialize("CustomMenu")
   lbl.Text = Text
   lbl.TooltipText = Tooltip
   Dim CustomMenuItem As JavaObject
   CustomMenuItem.InitializeNewInstance("javafx.scene.control.CustomMenuItem", Array(lbl))
   Return CustomMenuItem
End Sub

Usage:

Dim FileMenu As Menu = MenuBar1.Menus.Get(0)
FileMenu.MenuItems.Add(CreateCustomMenuItem("Custom Text", "Custom Tooltip"))
FileMenu.MenuItems.Add(CreateCustomMenuItem("Custom Text2", "Custom Tooltip2"))

 

[stevel05]

If the menu is wider than the custom label text, the tool tip won't display across the whole menu popup. The menu manager library solves this : https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/menu-manager.84401/