## GimpHelpUI

GimpHelpUI — Functions for setting GtkTooltips and help identifier used by GIMP help system.

## Synopsis

    void                (*GimpHelpFunc)                     (const gchar *help_id,
                                                             gpointer help_data);
    #define             GIMP_HELP_ID
    void                gimp_help_enable_tooltips           (void);
    void                gimp_help_disable_tooltips          (void);
    void                gimp_standard_help_func             (const gchar *help_id,
                                                             gpointer help_data);
    void                gimp_help_connect                   (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                             GimpHelpFunc help_func,
                                                             const gchar *help_id,
                                                             gpointer help_data);
    void                gimp_help_set_help_data             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                             const gchar *tooltip,
                                                             const gchar *help_id);
    void                gimp_help_set_help_data_with_markup (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                             const gchar *tooltip,
                                                             const gchar *help_id);
    void                gimp_context_help                   (GtkWidget *widget);

## Description

## Details

### 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.

`help_id` : |
`help_data` : |

### GIMP_HELP_ID

    #define GIMP_HELP_ID (gimp_help_id_quark ())

Since: GIMP 2.2

### 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.

`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".

`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.

`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.

`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).

`widget` : | Any GtkWidget on the screen.