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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2007 André Wöbbeking <Woebbeking@kde.org>
+ *
+ * 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 of the License, 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef CERVISIA_TOOLTIP_H
+#define CERVISIA_TOOLTIP_H
+
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qtooltip.h>
+
+
+namespace Cervisia
+{
+
+
+/**
+ * This class extends QToolTip:
+ * - no more need to subclass just connect to the signal queryToolTip()
+ * - truncate too large tooltip texts.
+ */
+class ToolTip : public QObject, public QToolTip
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * @param widget The widget you want to add tooltips to. It's also used as
+     * parent for the QObject. So you don't have to free an instance of this
+     * class yourself.
+     */
+    explicit ToolTip(QWidget* widget);
+
+signals:
+
+    /**
+     * This signal is emitted when a tooltip could be displayed. When a client
+     * wants to display anythink it must set a valid tooltip rectangle and a
+     * non empty text.
+     *
+     * @param pos The position of the tooltip in the parent widget's coordinate system.
+     *
+     * @param rect The rectangle in the parent widget's coordinate system where the
+     * tooltip is valid.
+     *
+     * @param text The tooltip text.
+     */
+    void queryToolTip(const QPoint& pos, QRect& rect, QString& text);
+
+protected:
+
+    virtual void maybeTip(const QPoint&);
+};
+
+
+} // namespace Cervisia
+
+
+#endif // CERVISIA_TOOLTIP_H