Houdini 20.0 Python scripting hou hou.qt

hou.qt.ToolTip class

A tooltip window with the Houdini look and feel that can be used for hover tooltips.

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This class inherits from Qt’s QtWidgets.QWidget class.

Methods

Examples

This example demonstrates creating a tooltip window and attaching it to a button:

tooltip = hou.qt.ToolTip()
tooltip.setTitle("Tooltip Example - SOP Torus Help")
tooltip.setText("This tooltip links to the SOP Torus help page.")
tooltip.setHotkey("Shift+H")
tooltip.setHelpUrl("/nodes/sop/torus")

btn = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Hover Me")
tooltip.setTargetWidget(btn)

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