GimpHelpUI: GIMP Widgets Library Reference Manual

## GimpHelpUI GimpHelpUI — Functions for setting tooltip and help identifier used by the GIMP help system. |

## Functions

void | (*GimpHelpFunc) ()
void | gimp_help_enable_tooltips ()
void | gimp_help_disable_tooltips ()
void | gimp_standard_help_func ()
void | gimp_help_connect ()
void | gimp_help_set_help_data ()
void | gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup ()
void | gimp_context_help ()

## Types and Values

#define | GIMP_HELP_ID

## Description

Functions for setting tooltip and help identifier used by the GIMP help system.

## Functions

### GimpHelpFunc ()

    void
    (*GimpHelpFunc) (const gchar *help_id,
                     gpointer help_data);

This is the prototype for all functions you pass as `help_func` to the various GIMP dialog constructors like `gimp_dialog_new()`, `gimp_query_int_box()` etc.

Help IDs are textual identifiers the help system uses to figure which page to display.

All these dialog constructors functions call `gimp_help_connect()`.

In most cases it will be ok to use `gimp_standard_help_func()` which does nothing but passing the `help_id` string to `gimp_help()`. If your plug-in needs some more sophisticated help handling you can provide your own `help_func` which has to call `gimp_help()` to actually display the help.

#### Parameters

help_id | the help ID |
help_data | the help user data |

### gimp_help_enable_tooltips ()

    void
    gimp_help_enable_tooltips (void);

Enable tooltips to be shown in the GIMP user interface.

As a plug-in author, you don't need to care about this as this function is called for you from `gimp_ui_init()`. This ensures that the user setting from the GIMP preferences dialog is respected in all plug-in dialogs.

### gimp_help_disable_tooltips ()

    void
    gimp_help_disable_tooltips (void);

Disable tooltips to be shown in the GIMP user interface.

As a plug-in author, you don't need to care about this as this function is called for you from `gimp_ui_init()`. This ensures that the user setting from the GIMP preferences dialog is respected in all plug-in dialogs.

### gimp_standard_help_func ()

    void
    gimp_standard_help_func (const gchar *help_id,
                             gpointer help_data);

This is the standard GIMP help function which does nothing but calling `gimp_help()`. It is the right function to use in almost all cases.

#### Parameters

help_id | A unique help identifier. |
help_data | The `help_data` passed to `gimp_help_connect()`. |

### gimp_help_connect ()

    void
    gimp_help_connect (GtkWidget *widget,
                       GimpHelpFunc help_func,
                       const gchar *help_id,
                       gpointer help_data);

Note that this function is automatically called by all libgimp dialog constructors. You only have to call it for windows/dialogs you created "manually".

#### Parameters

widget | The widget you want to connect the help accelerator for. Will be a GtkWindow in most cases. |
help_func | The function which will be called if the user presses "F1". |
help_id | The `help_id` which will be passed to `help_func` . |
help_data | The `help_data` pointer which will be passed to `help_func` . |

### gimp_help_set_help_data ()

    void
    gimp_help_set_help_data (GtkWidget *widget,
                             const gchar *tooltip,
                             const gchar *help_id);

The reason why we don't use `gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text()` is that elements in the GIMP user interface should, if possible, also have a `help_id` set for context-sensitive help.

This function can be called with NULL for `tooltip` . Use this feature if you want to set a help link for a widget which shouldn't have a visible tooltip.

#### Parameters

widget | The GtkWidget you want to set a `tooltip` and/or `help_id` for. |
tooltip | The text for this widget's tooltip (or `NULL`). |
help_id | The `help_id` for the GtkTipsQuery tooltips inspector. |

### gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup ()

    void
    gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup (GtkWidget *widget,
                                         const gchar *tooltip,
                                         const gchar *help_id);

Just like `gimp_help_set_help_data()`, but it allows to pass text which is marked up with

Pango text markup language.

#### Parameters

widget | The GtkWidget you want to set a `tooltip` and/or `help_id` for. |
tooltip | The markup for this widget's tooltip (or `NULL`). |
help_id | The `help_id` for the GtkTipsQuery tooltips inspector. |

Since: GIMP 2.6

### gimp_context_help ()

    void
    gimp_context_help (GtkWidget *widget);

This function invokes the context help inspector.

The mouse cursor will turn turn into a question mark and the user can click on any widget of the application which started the inspector.

If the widget the user clicked on has a `help_id` string attached (see `gimp_help_set_help_data()`), the corresponding help page will be displayed. Otherwise the help system will ascend the widget hierarchy until it finds an attached `help_id` string (which should be the case at least for every window/dialog).

#### Parameters

widget | Any GtkWidget on the screen. |

## Types and Values

### GIMP_HELP_ID

    #define GIMP_HELP_ID (gimp_help_id_quark ())

The GQuark used to attach GIMP help IDs to widgets.

Since: GIMP 2.2