<refentry id="gnomeui-gnome-popup-help" revision="20 Jun 2000">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gnome-popup-help</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>GNOMEUI Library</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>gnome-popup-help</refname><refpurpose>  A popup-help system for GtkWidgets.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv><title>Synopsis</title>
<synopsis>

#include &lt;gnome.h&gt;


#define     <link linkend="gnome-widget-add-help">gnome_widget_add_help</link>           (widget, help)
void        <link linkend="gnome-widget-add-help-with-uidata">gnome_widget_add_help_with_uidata</link>
                                            (<link linkend="GtkWidget">GtkWidget</link> *widget,
                                             <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *help,
                                             <link linkend="GnomeUIInfo">GnomeUIInfo</link> *menuinfo,
                                             <link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data);
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>





<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
  This will add a popup-menu to a non <link linkend="GTK-WIDGET-NO-WINDOW">GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW</link>() widget.  It
  also has the ability to add "cut", "copy" and "paste" to <link linkend="GtkEditable">GtkEditable</link>
  widgets if needed.  It is important to not run this on a widget
  without a window, as doing so can lead to stuck pointer grabs.  This
  function should be used where possible everywhere else.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>Details</title>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="gnome-widget-add-help">gnome_widget_add_help()</title>
<programlisting>#define     gnome_widget_add_help(widget, help)</programlisting>
<para>
This is the same as <link linkend="gnome-widget-add-help-with-uidata">gnome_widget_add_help_with_uidata</link>() but without the
options for the extra menu fields.
</para><informaltable pgwide=1 frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colwidth="2*">
<colspec colwidth="8*">
<tbody>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>widget</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry>The widget to add the popup help to.
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>help</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry>The help message text.


</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title><anchor id="gnome-widget-add-help-with-uidata">gnome_widget_add_help_with_uidata ()</title>
<programlisting>void        gnome_widget_add_help_with_uidata
                                            (<link linkend="GtkWidget">GtkWidget</link> *widget,
                                             <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *help,
                                             <link linkend="GnomeUIInfo">GnomeUIInfo</link> *menuinfo,
                                             <link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data);</programlisting>
<para>
This creates a popup menu on <parameter>widget</parameter> with one entry.  The menu, invoked by
pressing button three on the widget, will have one entry entitled: "Help with
this."  Selecting this entry will bring up a tooltip with the help variable
as its text.  In addition, if the widget is a descendent of <link linkend="GtkEditable">GtkEditable</link>, it
will add "cut", "copy", and "paste" to the menu.  If <parameter>help</parameter> is NULL, then it
will &lt;emphasis&gt;just&lt;/emphasis&gt; add the "cut", "copy", and "paste".  Finally,
if <parameter>menuinfo</parameter> is non-NULL, it will append the menu defined by it on the end of
the popup menu, with <parameter>user_data</parameter> passed to the callbacks.  This function
currently only works on non <link linkend="GTK-WIDGET-NO-WINDOW">GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW</link>() widgets (ie. it only
works on widgets with windows.)  If you would actually like a handle to the
popup menu, call <link linkend="gnome-popup-menu-get">gnome_popup_menu_get</link>() as normal.</para>
<para>
This creates a popup menu on <parameter>widget</parameter> with one entry.  The menu,
invoked by pressing button three on the widget, will have one entry entitled:
"Help with this."  Selecting this entry will bring up a tooltip with the help
variable as its text.  In addition, if the widget is a descendent of
<link linkend="GtkEditable">GtkEditable</link>, it will add "cut", "copy", and "paste" to the menu.  If <parameter>help</parameter>
is NULL, then it will <emphasis>just</emphasis> add the "cut", "copy", and
"paste".  Finally, if <parameter>menuinfo</parameter> is non-NULL, it will append the menu defined
by it on the end of the popup menu, with <parameter>user_data</parameter> passed to the callbacks.
This function currently only works on non <link linkend="GTK-WIDGET-NO-WINDOW">GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW</link>() widgets
(ie. it only works on widgets with windows.)  If you would actually like a
handle to the popup menu, call <link linkend="gnome-popup-menu-get">gnome_popup_menu_get</link>() as normal.
</para><informaltable pgwide=1 frame="none" role="params">
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colwidth="2*">
<colspec colwidth="8*">
<tbody>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>widget</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry> The widget to add the popup help to.
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>help</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry> The help message text.
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>menuinfo</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry> The template for possible additional menu items.
</entry></row>
<row><entry align="right"><parameter>user_data</parameter>&nbsp;:</entry>
<entry> The user data to be passed to menu callbacks.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable></refsect2>

</refsect1>



<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
  <link linkend="GnomePopupMenu">GnomePopupMenu</link>
</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>
