/* ============================================================
 *
 * This file is a part of digiKam project
 * http://www.digikam.org
 *
 * Date        : 2005-01-01
 * Description : a combo box with a width not depending of text 
 *               content size
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2005 by Tom Albers <tomalbers@kde.nl>
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 by Gilles Caulier <caulier dot gilles at gmail dot com> 
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
 * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * ============================================================ */

/** @file squeezedcombobox.h */

#ifndef SQUEEZEDCOMBOBOX_H
#define SQUEEZEDCOMBOBOX_H

// TQt includes.

#include <tqcombobox.h>
#include <tqtooltip.h>

// Local includes.

#include "digikam_export.h"

namespace Digikam
{

class SqueezedComboBoxPriv;
 
/** @class SqueezedComboBox
 *
 * This widget is a TQComboBox, but then a little bit
 * different. It only shows the right part of the items
 * depending on de size of the widget. When it is not
 * possible to show the complete item, it will be shortened
 * and "..." will be prepended.
 *
 * @image html squeezedcombobox.png "This is how it looks"
 * @author Tom Albers
 */
class DIGIKAM_EXPORT SqueezedComboBox : public TQComboBox
{
    TQ_OBJECT
  

public:

    /**
     * Constructor
     * @param parent parent widget
     * @param name name to give to the widget
     */
    SqueezedComboBox(TQWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0 );

    /**
     * destructor
     */
    virtual ~SqueezedComboBox();

    /**
     * This inserts a item to the list. See TQComboBox::insertItem()
     * for details. Please do not use TQComboBox::insertItem() to this
     * widget, as that will fail.
     * @param newItem the original (long version) of the item which needs
     *                to be added to the combobox
     * @param index the position in the widget.
     */
    void insertSqueezedItem(const TQString& newItem, int index);

    /**
     * This inserts items to the list. See TQComboBox::insertStringList()
     * for details. Please do not use TQComboBox::insertStringList() to this
     * widget, as that will fail.
     * @param newItems the originals (long version) of the items which needs
     *                 to be added to the combobox
     * @param index the position in the widget.
     */
    void insertSqueezedList(const TQStringList& newItems, int index);

    /**
     * This method returns the full text (not squeezed) of the currently
     * highlighted item.
     * @return full text of the highlighted item
     */
    TQString itemHighlighted();

    /**
     * Sets the sizeHint() of this widget.
     */
    virtual TQSize sizeHint() const;

private slots:

    void slotTimeOut();
    void slotUpdateToolTip(int index);

private:

    void resizeEvent(TQResizeEvent *);
    TQString squeezeText(const TQString& original);

private:

    SqueezedComboBoxPriv *d;
};

// ----------------------------------------------------------------

/** @class SqueezedComboBoxTip
 * This class shows a tooltip for a SqueezedComboBox
 * the tooltip will contain the full text and helps
 * the user find the correct entry. It is automatically
 * activated when starting a SqueezedComboBox. This is
 * inherited from TQToolTip
 * 
 * @author Tom Albers
 */
class SqueezedComboBoxTip : public TQToolTip
{

public:
    /**
     * Constructor. An example call (as done in
     * SqueezedComboBox::SqueezedComboBox):
     * @code
     * t = new SqueezedComboBoxTip( this->listBox()->viewport(), this );
     * @endcode
     * 
     * @param parent parent widget (viewport)
     * @param name parent widget
     */
    SqueezedComboBoxTip(TQWidget *parent, SqueezedComboBox *name);

protected:
    /**
     * Reimplemented version from TQToolTip which shows the
     * tooltip when needed.
     * @param  pos the point where the mouse currently is
     */
    void maybeTip(const TQPoint& pos);

private:

    SqueezedComboBox *m_originalWidget;
};

}  // namespace Digikam

#endif // SQUEEZEDCOMBOBOX_H