Add :set_tooltip() method to all wibox.widgets

README.md

@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ be created by beautiful themes. The current ones are:
 
 Arrow also have a few types:
 
- * radical.base.NONE
- * radical.base.PRETTY
- * radical.base.CENTERED
+ * radical.base.arrow_type.NONE
+ * radical.base.arrow_type.PRETTY
+ * radical.base.arrow_type.CENTERED
 
 ### Item style
 
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ On top of each styles, menu can also have different layouts to display items:
     
 ```
 
+### Tooltip
+
+Radical also have its own styled tooltip widget. It can be used in menus, but
+also in every widgets using the `set_tooltip` method:
+
+```lua
+
+local mytextbox = wibox.widget.textbox()
+mytextbox:set_tooltip("foo bar")
+
+```
+
 ## Options
 
 Radical offer a (very, very) wide range of options to allow the creation of rich
@@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ Multiple items can have multiple sets of options.
 | underlay       | Text to render at the far-right of the item  | string            |
 | prefix_widget  | Widget to append at the begenning of the item| widget            |
 | suffix_widget  | Widget to append at the end of the item      | widget            |
+| tooltip        | A tooltip shown on the side or bottom        | string            |
 | button1        | Left mouse button action                     | function          |
 | button2        | Mid mouse button action                      | function          |
 | button3        | Right mouse button action                    | function          |

bar.lua

@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ local function create_item(item,data)
   item.widget = bg
   tb:set_text("bob")
 
+  -- Tooltip
+  item.widget:set_tooltip(item.tooltip)
+
   -- Draw
   data.item_style(data,item,false,false)
   item.widget:set_fg(item._private_data.fg)

base.lua

@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ local function add_item(data,args)
       sub_menu_f = (args.sub_menu and type(args.sub_menu) == "function") and args.sub_menu or nil,
       selected   = false,
       checkable  = args.checkable or (args.checked ~= nil) or false,
-      checked    = args.checked or false,
+      checked    = args.checked  or false,
       underlay   = args.underlay or nil,
+      tooltip    = args.tooltip  or nil,
     },
     force_private = {
       visible = true,

context.lua

@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ local function setup_item(data,item,args)
     end)
   end
   item.widget:buttons( util.table.join(unpack(buttons)))
+  item.widget:set_tooltip(item.tooltip)
 end
 
 local function new(args)

init.lua

@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
+local base    = require( "wibox.widget.base" )
+local tooltip = require( "radical.tooltip"   )
+
+-- Define some wibox.widget extensions
+local function set_tooltip(self, text)
+  print("HERE",text)
+  if not text then return end
+  self._tooltip = tooltip(self,text)
+end
+
+-- Do some monkey patching to extend all wibox.widget
+base._make_widget =base.make_widget
+base.make_widget = function(...)
+  local ret = base._make_widget(...)
+  ret.set_tooltip = set_tooltip
+  return ret
+end
+
 return {
-    layout     = require( "radical.layout"     ),
-    object     = require( "radical.object"     ),
-    base       = require( "radical.base"       ),
-    radial     = require( "radical.radial"     ),
-    context    = require( "radical.context"    ),
-    embed      = require( "radical.embed"      ),
-    box        = require( "radical.box"        ),
-    bar        = require( "radical.bar"        ),
-    style      = require( "radical.style"      ),
-    item_style = require( "radical.item_style" ),
-    widgets    = require( "radical.widgets"    ),
-    tooltip    = require( "radical.tooltip"    )
-}
+  layout     = require( "radical.layout"     ),
+  object     = require( "radical.object"     ),
+  base       = require( "radical.base"       ),
+  radial     = require( "radical.radial"     ),
+  context    = require( "radical.context"    ),
+  embed      = require( "radical.embed"      ),
+  box        = require( "radical.box"        ),
+  bar        = require( "radical.bar"        ),
+  style      = require( "radical.style"      ),
+  item_style = require( "radical.item_style" ),
+  widgets    = require( "radical.widgets"    ),
+  tooltip    = tooltip
+}
+-- kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on;

layout/horizontal.lua

@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ function module:setup_item(data,item,args)
     icon:set_image(value)
   end
   item._internal.set_map.text(item._private_data.text)
+
+  -- Setup tooltip
+  item.widget:set_tooltip(item.tooltip)
 end
 
 --Get preferred item geometry

layout/vertical.lua

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ function module:setup_item(data,item,args)
   --     end
     end
   end
-  
+
   item._internal.set_map.f_key = function(value)
     item._internal.has_changed = true
     item._internal.f_key = value
@@ -236,17 +236,20 @@ function module:setup_item(data,item,args)
     end)
   end
   item._internal.get_map.f_key = function() return item._internal.f_key end
-  
+
   item._internal.set_map.icon = function (value)
     icon:set_image(value)
   end
   item._internal.set_map.text(item._private_data.text)
-  
+
   if data._internal.scroll_w and data.rowcount > data.max_items then
     data._internal.scroll_w.visible = true
     data._internal.scroll_w["up"]:emit_signal("widget::updated")
     data._internal.scroll_w["down"]:emit_signal("widget::updated")
   end
+
+  -- Setup tooltip
+  item.widget:set_tooltip(item.tooltip)
 end
 
 local function compute_geo(data)