CTkToolTip

CTkToolTip

Small tooltip pop-up label for displaying details on customtkinter widgets.

Features

• Display over any CTk widget
• Configurable options
• Transparency effect
• Round corners
• Can be used with CTkSlider to show the value
• Dynamic offset
• Add delays

Installation

pip install CTkToolTip

Example

Simple Usage:

CTkToolTip(widget, message="Your Message")

App Example:

import customtkinter
from CTkToolTip import *

def show_value(value):
    tooltip_1.configure(message=int(value))
    
def show_text():
    print(tooltip_2.get())

root = customtkinter.CTk()

slider = customtkinter.CTkSlider(root, from_=0, to=100, command=show_value)
slider.pack(fill="both", padx=20, pady=20)

tooltip_1 = CTkToolTip(slider, message="50")

button = customtkinter.CTkButton(root, command=show_text)
button.pack(fill="both", padx=20, pady=20)

tooltip_2 = CTkToolTip(button, delay=0.5, message="This is a CTkButton!")

root.mainloop()

Arguments

Parameter	Description
widget	bind the tooltip to the ctk widget
message	show the message over the toolip
delay	add a small delay before showing the tooltip (default is 0.2)
follow	follow the mouse cursor while hovering (default is True)
x_offset	change the horizontal offset of the tooltip widget from mouse cursor
y_offset	change the vertical offset of the tooltip widget from mouse cursor
alpha	change the transparency effect of the tooltip (range: 0-1)
bg_color	change the background color of the tooltip
corner_radius	roundness of the corners
border_width	add a border around the tooltips (default is 0)
border_color	change the color of the border width
padding	add padx and pady inside the tooltip frame, tuple: (padx, pady)
text_color	change the text color of tooltip
wraplength	constrains the width of the tooltip, causing CTkToolTip, where required, to wrap the message at word boundaries.
font	label text font, tuple: (font_name, size)
justify	change the text display structure (left, right or center)
*Other Label Parameters	All other parameters for ctk label can be passed in ctktooltip

Methods

• .configure(message, arguments...)

  configure the text and other parameters for the tooltip

• .get()

  get the current text of tooltip

• .hide()

  disables the tooltip from appearing

• .show()

  enable the tooltip again

• .is_disabled()

  check the tooltip state

Thats all about CTkToolTips, hope it will help in your project!