UITooltip current state

[beermoney]

Hi Aren,
Would it be possible to add some accessor to the UITooltip class to query if it is currently showing?

Something like this

1. /// <summary>
2.         /// returns the showing state of the tooltip
3.         /// </summary>
4.  
5.         static public bool Showing
6.         {
7.                 get
8.                 {
9.                         if (mInstance != null)
10.                         {
11.                                 return mInstance.mCurrent!=0;
12.                         }
13.                         return false;
14.                 }
15.         }

or something similar

would be helpful in avoiding a OnClick event when displaying a tooltip (using OnPress) on mobile devices

thanks

[ArenMook]

Sure, but the correct function would be

1.         /// <summary>
2.         /// Whether the tooltip is currently visible.
3.         /// </summary>
4.  
5.         static public bool isVisible { get { return (mInstance != null && mInstance.mTarget == 1f); } }

[beermoney]

thanks

I think tho that the tooltip will still be visible unless mCurrent == 0, ie.  0 < mCurrent < 1  would be the fade in/out of the tooltip which means its still visible on screen

[ArenMook]

Yup, but it would be in the process of fading out.

[beermoney]

okay, can we have a method in that case to query the state of fading aswell then? ie isTransitioning

thanks

[ArenMook]

You have the code, you can add whatever you want

[beermoney]

sorry to be a PITA, modifying the NGUI library is not something I want to do, it means I need to redo the changes every time I upgrade the NGUI project (which has been a many times recently!), originally I thought would just extend the UITooltip interface ( ie. void ExtentedFunc(this UITooltip tooltip) { ... }) but I think this isn't possible with the singleton implementation. If mInstance was public, then I'd I could use extensions np.

thanks

[ArenMook]

Fair enough. I've gone ahead and made all the variables protected and functions virtual, so you can derive from it and add your own custom behaviour.

That said though, the UITooltip script is pretty small, and isn't needed by NGUI. You could create a copy of the class and modify what you need, then use that instead of UITooltip.

[beermoney]

I'll do that, thanks