[chuck c <bubbasnmp@xxxxxxxxx>]

> external plugins or uses Lua code, documentation for those mentions and supports tooltips

Where in the documentation?

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM Tamás Regős <regost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was trying to Google it but I was not able to find. :)

Thanks for those links, seems to be quite old but I guess the overall mindset has not changed then.

Just for curiosity, I tested it with setToolTipsVisible(true) in cpp code and it worked on Windows.

The reason I was checking this is that if someone develops external plugins or uses Lua code, documentation for those mentions and supports tooltips but it never ends up working obviously. So it's confusing a bit.

Not sure if it's worth raising a follow up issue on Gitlab?

Could there be a new preference option added to turn it on/off?

On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 at 19:46, chuck c <bubbasnmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16590 (Tooltips on menus don't work)

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/6221 (Tooltips for menu items that open browser windows)

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM Tamás Regős <regost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear Developers,

Does anyone know why the toolTips for the Menu items are not enabled?

Is this deliberate or a bug?

It's only enabled for 'Help' in the ui file:

   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp">
    <property name="title">
     <string>&amp;Help</string>
    </property>
    <property name="toolTipsVisible">
     <bool>true</bool>
    </property>

toolTipsVisible : bool
This property holds whether tooltips of menu actions should be visible
This property specifies whether action menu entries show their tooltip.
By default, this property is false.

Thank you.

Regards,

Tamas

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