Tk::Balloon 804.027 review

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 5870K Developer: Tk::Balloon Team

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Tk::Balloon is a pop up help balloons.

SYNOPSIS

use Tk::Balloon;
...
$b = $top->Balloon(-statusbar => $status_bar_widget);

# Normal Balloon:
$b->attach($widget,
-balloonmsg => "Balloon help message",
-statusmsg => "Status bar message");

# Balloon attached to entries in a menu widget:
$b->attach($menu, -state => 'status',
-msg => ['first menu entry',
'second menu entry',
...
],
);

# Balloon attached to individual items in a canvas widget:
$b->attach($canvas, -balloonposition => 'mouse',
-msg => {'item1' => 'msg1',
'tag2' => 'msg2',
...
},
);

# Balloon attached to items in a listbox widget:
$b->attach($listbox, -balloonposition => 'mouse',
-msg => ['first listbox element',
'2nd listbox element',
...
],
);

Balloon provides the framework to create and attach help balloons to various widgets so that when the mouse pauses over the widget for more than a specified amount of time, a help balloon is popped up.

Requirements:
Perl