Authors CurseForge

Quote from jokeyrhyme

I use CowTip to change the background and border of my tooltips. What can I say? I'm just partial to transparent borderless rectangles. :)

Anyhow, I notice that my addon's tooltip (using QTip) doesn't seem to honor these settings. :(

Here's what I have when setting up my LDB object:

EggTimerLauncher = LDB:NewDataObject("EggTimer", {
    label = "EggTimer",
    type = "data source",
    icon = "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Egg_02",
    OnClick = function(clickedframe, button)
        self:ShowConfig()
    end,
    OnEnter = function(tt)
        local tooltip = QTip:Acquire("EggTimerTooltip", 2, "LEFT", "RIGHT") 
        self.tooltip = tooltip
        EggTimer:PrepareTooltip(tooltip) --does the AddHeader and AddLine stuff
        tooltip:SmartAnchorTo(tt)
        tooltip:Show()
    end,
    OnLeave = function(tt)
        QTip:Release(self.tooltip)
        self.tooltip = nil
    end,
})

Is this a sequence problem? Am I setting up my tooltip properly? Is it possible for CowTip and LibQTip to work together?

I'm sort of worried because I've actually stopped using addons in the past if their tooltips didn't match, but this is my own addon. :P

Quote from jokeyrhyme

Thanks, Trist! Just the hint I was looking for.

I now run the following function just prior to Show():

function EggTimer:PrepareTooltipLook(frame)
    frame:SetBackdrop(GameTooltip:GetBackdrop())
    frame:SetBackdropBorderColor(GameTooltip:GetBackdropBorderColor())
    frame:SetBackdropColor(GameTooltip:GetBackdropColor())
    frame:SetScale(GameTooltip:GetScale())
end

Works like a charm!

I have to wonder though, if this sort of thing might be included in LibQTip at some point though. That way any addon that uses it will fit in with everything else when skinning/theming addons are in use? Something to think about, anyhow.

Maybe the code that copies these from the GameTooltip in the first place could be moved over to the beginning of the Show() code or something?

		
local ldb = LDB:NewDataObject("EasyDND", { --LDB
	type = "data source",
	text = CheckLDBFlag(),
	icon = ICONON,
	OnClick = OnLDBClick,
	OnEnter = OnLDBEnter,
	OnLeave = OnLDBLeave,
})

local function OnLDBEnter(self)
	local db = _.db.profile
	if db.showtooltip then
		local tip = TIP:Acquire("EasyDNDQTip", 3, "LEFT")
		self.tooltip = tip
		local t = tip:AddHeader("")
		tip:SetCell(t, 1, ("|cfffed000EasyDND|r r|cff7fff7f%s|r |cfffed000by|r |cffabd473Merah|r"):format(_G.EasyDND_MINOR_VERSION), "CENTER", 3)
		local t = tip:AddHeader("")
		tip:SetCell(t, 1, "|cfffed000La Croisade \195\137carlate|r", "CENTER", 3)
		tip:AddLine("Helloz", "World", "Texts")
		tip:SmartAnchorTo(self)
		tip:Show()
	end
end

local function OnLDBLeave(self)
	if _.db.profile.showtooltip then
		TIP:Release(self.tooltip)
		self.tooltip = nil
	end
end