Tooltips are those little bits of text that popup when the mouse hovers over a widget for a certain duration of time.
How can I add a tooltip message to my tkinter Python application?
Tooltips are those little bits of text that popup when the mouse hovers over a widget for a certain duration of time.
How can I add a tooltip message to my tkinter Python application?
A simple solution in Python 3.7+

import tkinter as tk
from idlelib.tooltip import Hovertip
app = tk.Tk()
myBtn = tk.Button(app,text='?')
myBtn.pack(pady=30)
myTip = Hovertip(myBtn,'This is \na multiline tooltip.')
app.mainloop()
Though there are multiple answers, I'll add my 2 cents.
class ToolTip:
def __init__(self,widget,text=None):
def on_enter(event):
self.tooltip=tk.Toplevel()
self.tooltip.overrideredirect(True)
self.tooltip.geometry(f'+{event.x_root+15}+{event.y_root+10}')
self.label=tk.Label(self.tooltip,text=self.text)
self.label.pack()
def on_leave(event):
self.tooltip.destroy()
self.widget=widget
self.text=text
self.widget.bind('<Enter>',on_enter)
self.widget.bind('<Leave>',on_leave)
This is a basic tooltip that will be displayed relative to the position of the cursor.
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.tix import *
root = Tk()
btn1 = Button(root, text="hello")
btn1.grid(row=0, column=0)
balloon = Balloon(root, bg="white", title="Help")
balloon.bind_widget(btn1, balloonmsg="Click to Exit")
root.mainloop()