FvwmScript Balloon Popup possible?

Hi All,

I totally rewrote the simple ACPI battery monitor I had in previous Configs for FreeBSD and to work with nice 64x64 PNG images. Here’s the FvwmScript:

[code]WindowTitle {FvwmApplet-Batt}
WindowSize 64 64
WindowPosition 0 0

Init
Begin
Set $MainColor=(GetScriptArgument 1)
If $MainColor <> {} Then
Begin
ChangeColorset 0 $MainColor
ChangeColorset 1 $MainColor
End

Set $batt = (GetOutput {exec sysctl -n hw.acpi.battery.life} 1 -1)
Set $ac = (GetOutput {exec sysctl -n hw.acpi.acline} 1 -1)

# three possibilities for battery percentage:
If $batt < 50 Then
	Set $icon = {ic_batt_low}
Else
Begin
	If $batt < 75 Then
		Set $icon = {ic_batt_med}
	Else
	Begin
		Set $icon = {ic_batt_full}
	End
End

# we're working on battery level now.
If $ac == 1 Then
	Set $icon = $icon {_on.png}
Else
Begin
	Set $icon = $icon {.png}
End

ChangeIcon 1 $icon
ChangeTitle 1 $batt

End

PeriodicTasks
Begin
If (RemainderOfDiv (GetTime) 60) == 0 Then
Begin
Set $batt = (GetOutput {exec sysctl -n hw.acpi.battery.life} 1 -1)
Set $ac = (GetOutput {exec sysctl -n hw.acpi.acline} 1 -1)

	# three possibilities for battery percentage:
	If $batt < 50 Then
		Set $icon = {ic_batt_low}
	Else
	Begin
		If $batt < 75 Then
			Set $icon = {ic_batt_med}
		Else
		Begin
			Set $icon = {ic_batt_full}
		End
	End

	# we're working on battery level now.
	If $ac == 1 Then
		Set $icon = $icon {_on.png}
	Else
	Begin
		Set $icon = $icon {.png}
	End

	# apply the new icon.
	ChangeIcon 1 $icon
	ChangeTitle 1 $batt
End

End

Widget 1
Property
Type ItemDraw
Size 64 64
Position 0 0
Flags NoFocus NoReliefString
Main
Case message of
SingleClic:
Begin
Do {exec speedstepmode}
End
End[/code]

Of course it works perfectly (hehe) but I have a question. I would like something like a “OnMouseHover” function, as soon as I move my mouse to the script current icon, I would like the script to generate a popup above the icon with the current $batt / $ac value. Tried a couple of things but none work. Is it even possible?
What IS possible: (right)clicking executes another FvwmScript where a label is created using $batt as an argument. But that’s not exactly what I would like…

i’m no hero at FvwmScript but did fairly well, any help is appreciated!

It’s not currently possible. Feel free to submit a patch to fvwm-workers, though.

– Thomas Adam

There are two ways this could work: 1. A simple tooltip feature for text (like the FvwmPager has) or, 2. The ability for a FvwmScript widget to respond to MouseOver. I’d absolutely love to see either one of them, although the latter is strongly preferred - imagine being able to see any kind of FvwmScript in a MouseOver! But as ThomasAdam said, it’s currently not possible.

This is the one feature that I would really like to see.

I stronly agree stonecrest!
Thanks for the replies I’ll leave it as it is right now :slight_smile: