Re: Conserve Toolbar button HelpID ? (Was: Re: [api-dev] BASIC: Change toolbar button icon ?)

Hi Carsten,

Carsten Driesner wrote (19-10-10 16:06)

>  From my point of view this is not a bug. A function in a toolbar or
> menu item contains a CommandURL which describe what command will be
> processed on activation. As the CommandURL is a unique identier for the
> function it can also be used for the help. The "HelpID" property was
> used for backward compatibility. Currently OOo normally uses the
> CommandURL to retrieve the tooltip/help content.

Ah, that explains it all. I did not look for specs on the HelpID, just 
considered it to work, since it shows a value.

> It's possible for an implementation to change the tooltip text (e.g.
> look at the undo function which shows the latest undo step as tooltip).
> This can only be done by the responsible DispatchProvider implementation
> using a full-featured UNO language (Java, C/C++, Python). I don't know a
> way to do it with Basic. The dispatch object must send a
> com.sun.star.frame.FeatureStateEvent and put a string object into the
> "State" member.

Thanks for making this clear.

Regards,
Cor
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