[GH-ISSUE #36] Support for tooltips in various modules #5650

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opened 2026-05-23 01:52:15 +01:00 by JakeStanger · 3 comments

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Originally created by @JustSimplyKyle on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/36

Currently there is no way of customizing the tooltip(e.g. when you hover above the modules, something will pop-up)
I think most of the modules can add this functionality, except for sys-info?
I'm not sure how will the syntax be for sys-info tho
https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/wiki/sys-info

Originally created by @JustSimplyKyle on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/36 Currently there is no way of customizing the tooltip(e.g. when you hover above the modules, something will pop-up) I think most of the modules can add this functionality, except for `sys-info`? I'm not sure how will the syntax be for `sys-info` tho https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/wiki/sys-info

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JakeStanger commented

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022):

I think this would pair nicely with the show-if we discussed in #34 as a 'common' option available on all modules. I've got a few more I've been wanting to add (on click, on right click, that sort of thing) so this might be a good chance to add a system for all of those.

For sys-info, the tooltip would just show on the outer container. If you wanted different tooltips for different sections, you could add multiple instances of the widget.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022): I think this would pair nicely with the `show-if` we discussed in #34 as a 'common' option available on all modules. I've got a few more I've been wanting to add (on click, on right click, that sort of thing) so this might be a good chance to add a system for all of those. For `sys-info`, the tooltip would just show on the outer container. If you wanted different tooltips for different sections, you could add multiple instances of the widget.

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2022):

Going to reopen this actually. The update just pushed adds a tooltip config option you can set on each module, but it only allows static text at the moment. I think that's going to need support for dynamic text through scripts to really be useful.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 28, 2022): Going to reopen this actually. The update just pushed adds a `tooltip` config option you can set on each module, but it only allows static text at the moment. I think that's going to need support for dynamic text through scripts to really be useful.

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2022):

Tooltips live with ability to embed scripts: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/wiki/scripts#embedding

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2022): Tooltips live with ability to embed scripts: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/wiki/scripts#embedding