Re: Tooltips in save panels

[Fred Kiefer]

Am 18.02.2013 um 23:49 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <address@hidden>:

> 
> Fred Kiefer wrote:
>> On 18.02.2013 12:25, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>> 
>> I think the root of this problem isn't even in gui. A timer gets set up for 
>> the tooltip via the NSTimer method
>> -scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:target:selector:userInfo:repeats:
>> That method uses the runmode NSDefaultRunLoopMode for the timer. While a 
>> modal window gets displayed gui requests events in the 
>> NSModalPanelRunLoopMode and the timer wont get fired. Now this behaviour 
>> matches the Apple documentation, but results in the tooltip never getting 
>> displayed.
>> 
> when you write "this behaviour matches Apple" do you mean our timer is acting 
> correct but we are using the wrong one?
> 
>> To work around this behaviour gui should create the timer via 
>> -timerWithTimeInterval:target:selector:userInfo:repeats: and add it to the 
>> runloop itself for different modes.

I am no expert here, but the behaviour in base matches the documentation. If 
this does not result in the desired effect, we will have to use a different 
way. And maybe the solution is as simple as adding that timer for the modal 
panel mode as well.