Add a note about tooltip limitations

Apparently Windows only shows the first 64 characters of tooltips on statusicons. Bug 594600.
2009-09-11 12:47:32 -04:00
parent f5e2b3f971
commit 24df69b283
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/gtk/gtkstatusicon.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkstatusicon.c
@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ gtk_status_icon_class_init (GtkStatusIconClass *class)
   * the default handler for the #GtkStatusIcon::query-tooltip signal
   * will take care of displaying the tooltip.
   *
+   * Note that some platforms have limitations on the length of tooltips
+   * that they allow on status icons, e.g. Windows only shows the first
+   * 64 characters.
+   *
   * Since: 2.16
   */
  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,