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Python - can you add a tooltip on a wx.CheckBox object?

And if so, how would one add a tooltip to a checkbox object? It appears that the control inherits from wxWindow which has tooltips, so can it be added to a wxCheckBox?

Thanks!

Solution

  • Ok, this is what I did to solve the issue. I needed to bind the mouse over event to the tooltip. 

    self.ignCB = wx.CheckBox(self, 0, label='Ignore Errors')
self.ignCB.Bind(wx.EVT_MOTION, self.on_mouse_over)
def on_mouse_over(self, event):
            self.ignCB.SetToolTipString('Continue on Download Errors,    Skips Unavailable Videos within a Playlist')

    I first create the CheckBox with the label Ignore Errors. Then, I needed to bind the mouse over event to the control, and call the mouse over handler which shows the tool tip.

    Hopefully this will help someone else out as well.