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+#!/ef/efabless/opengalaxy/venv/bin/python3
+'''Michael Lange <klappnase (at) freakmail (dot) de>
+The ToolTip class provides a flexible tooltip widget for tkinter; it is based on IDLE's ToolTip
+module which unfortunately seems to be broken (at least the version I saw).
+INITIALIZATION OPTIONS:
+anchor :        where the text should be positioned inside the widget, must be on of "n", "s", "e", "w", "nw" and so on;
+                default is "center"
+bd :            borderwidth of the widget; default is 1 (NOTE: don't use "borderwidth" here)
+bg :            background color to use for the widget; default is "lightyellow" (NOTE: don't use "background")
+delay :         time in ms that it takes for the widget to appear on the screen when the mouse pointer has
+                entered the parent widget; default is 1500
+fg :            foreground (i.e. text) color to use; default is "black" (NOTE: don't use "foreground")
+follow_mouse :  if set to 1 the tooltip will follow the mouse pointer instead of being displayed
+                outside of the parent widget; this may be useful if you want to use tooltips for
+                large widgets like listboxes or canvases; default is 0
+font :          font to use for the widget; default is system specific
+justify :       how multiple lines of text will be aligned, must be "left", "right" or "center"; default is "left"
+padx :          extra space added to the left and right within the widget; default is 4
+pady :          extra space above and below the text; default is 2
+relief :        one of "flat", "ridge", "groove", "raised", "sunken" or "solid"; default is "solid"
+state :         must be "normal" or "disabled"; if set to "disabled" the tooltip will not appear; default is "normal"
+text :          the text that is displayed inside the widget
+textvariable :  if set to an instance of tkinter.StringVar() the variable's value will be used as text for the widget
+width :         width of the widget; the default is 0, which means that "wraplength" will be used to limit the widgets width
+wraplength :    limits the number of characters in each line; default is 150
+
+WIDGET METHODS:
+configure(**opts) : change one or more of the widget's options as described above; the changes will take effect the
+                    next time the tooltip shows up; NOTE: follow_mouse cannot be changed after widget initialization
+
+Other widget methods that might be useful if you want to subclass ToolTip:
+enter() :           callback when the mouse pointer enters the parent widget
+leave() :           called when the mouse pointer leaves the parent widget
+motion() :          is called when the mouse pointer moves inside the parent widget if follow_mouse is set to 1 and the
+                    tooltip has shown up to continually update the coordinates of the tooltip window
+coords() :          calculates the screen coordinates of the tooltip window
+create_contents() : creates the contents of the tooltip window (by default a tkinter.Label)
+'''
+# Ideas gleaned from PySol
+
+import tkinter
+
+class ToolTip:
+    def __init__(self, master, text='Your text here', delay=1500, **opts):
+        self.master = master
+        self._opts = {'anchor':'center', 'bd':1, 'bg':'lightyellow', 'delay':delay, 'fg':'black',\
+                      'follow_mouse':0, 'font':None, 'justify':'left', 'padx':4, 'pady':2,\
+                      'relief':'solid', 'state':'normal', 'text':text, 'textvariable':None,\
+                      'width':0, 'wraplength':150}
+        self.configure(**opts)
+        self._tipwindow = None
+        self._id = None
+        self._id1 = self.master.bind("<Enter>", self.enter, '+')
+        self._id2 = self.master.bind("<Leave>", self.leave, '+')
+        self._id3 = self.master.bind("<ButtonPress>", self.leave, '+')
+        self._follow_mouse = 0
+        if self._opts['follow_mouse']:
+            self._id4 = self.master.bind("<Motion>", self.motion, '+')
+            self._follow_mouse = 1
+    
+    def configure(self, **opts):
+        for key in opts:
+            if key in self._opts:
+                self._opts[key] = opts[key]
+            else:
+                KeyError = 'KeyError: Unknown option: "%s"' %key
+                raise KeyError
+    
+    ##----these methods handle the callbacks on "<Enter>", "<Leave>" and "<Motion>"---------------##
+    ##----events on the parent widget; override them if you want to change the widget's behavior--##
+    
+    def enter(self, event=None):
+        self._schedule()
+        
+    def leave(self, event=None):
+        self._unschedule()
+        self._hide()
+    
+    def motion(self, event=None):
+        if self._tipwindow and self._follow_mouse:
+            x, y = self.coords()
+            self._tipwindow.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y))
+    
+    ##------the methods that do the work:---------------------------------------------------------##
+    
+    def _schedule(self):
+        self._unschedule()
+        if self._opts['state'] == 'disabled':
+            return
+        self._id = self.master.after(self._opts['delay'], self._show)
+
+    def _unschedule(self):
+        id = self._id
+        self._id = None
+        if id:
+            self.master.after_cancel(id)
+
+    def _show(self):
+        if self._opts['state'] == 'disabled':
+            self._unschedule()
+            return
+        if not self._tipwindow:
+            self._tipwindow = tw = tkinter.Toplevel(self.master)
+            # hide the window until we know the geometry
+            tw.withdraw()
+            tw.wm_overrideredirect(1)
+
+            if tw.tk.call("tk", "windowingsystem") == 'aqua':
+                tw.tk.call("::tk::unsupported::MacWindowStyle", "style", tw._w, "help", "none")
+
+            self.create_contents()
+            tw.update_idletasks()
+            x, y = self.coords()
+            tw.wm_geometry("+%d+%d" % (x, y))
+            tw.deiconify()
+            tw.lift()
+    
+    def _hide(self):
+        tw = self._tipwindow
+        self._tipwindow = None
+        if tw:
+            tw.destroy()
+                
+    ##----these methods might be overridden in derived classes:----------------------------------##
+    
+    def coords(self):
+        # The tip window must be completely outside the master widget;
+        # otherwise when the mouse enters the tip window we get
+        # a leave event and it disappears, and then we get an enter
+        # event and it reappears, and so on forever :-(
+        # or we take care that the mouse pointer is always outside the tipwindow :-)
+        tw = self._tipwindow
+        twx, twy = tw.winfo_reqwidth(), tw.winfo_reqheight()
+        w, h = tw.winfo_screenwidth(), tw.winfo_screenheight()
+        # calculate the y coordinate:
+        if self._follow_mouse:
+            y = tw.winfo_pointery() + 20
+            # make sure the tipwindow is never outside the screen:
+            if y + twy > h:
+                y = y - twy - 30
+        else:
+            y = self.master.winfo_rooty() + self.master.winfo_height() + 3
+            if y + twy > h:
+                y = self.master.winfo_rooty() - twy - 3
+        # we can use the same x coord in both cases:
+        x = tw.winfo_pointerx() - twx / 2
+        if x < 0:
+            x = 0
+        elif x + twx > w:
+            x = w - twx
+        return x, y
+
+    def create_contents(self):
+        opts = self._opts.copy()
+        for opt in ('delay', 'follow_mouse', 'state'):
+            del opts[opt]
+        label = tkinter.Label(self._tipwindow, **opts)
+        label.pack()