Tooltips being obsolete

[80na_]

I've been meaning ask this for a bit, but are the Tooltip functions not working?
I usually want this in my game to give description to what you're hovering over, but every time i try to copy the code, or do my research about how it works, it never does?
I don't get an error from the game itself, but the program i code in tells me that it's outdated or obsolete. And when i try it out, it just doesn't come up?

Is this a problem only i'm facing, and is there a solution to it?

[m_from_space]

I've been meaning ask this for a bit, but are the Tooltip functions not working?

Tooltips are working fine. Maybe you might wanna show how you implemented the feature.

I don't get an error from the game itself, but the program i code in tells me that it's outdated or obsolete.

Hmm, what program? Maybe you're talking about the Tooltip class, which is obsolete.

In stable Renpy tooltips work like this:

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screen myscreen():
    $ tt = GetTooltip() or "(Tooltips are visible here.)"
    vbox:
        textbutton "Button 1" action NullAction() tooltip "Do nothing."
        textbutton "Button 2" action Hide() tooltip "Close this screen."
        text tt

[henne]

Hmm, what program? Maybe you're talking about the Tooltip class, which is obsolete.

Sounds like VSC (Visual Studio Code). If you have an old project with - let's say - LiveComposite (nowadays it is just called Composite) it will tell you that it is outdated.

[80na_]

Maybe you might wanna show how you implemented the feature.

Like, the code i've been using? I've been using something from the document.

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screen tooltip_example():
    vbox:
        textbutton "North":
            action Return("n")
            tooltip "To meet a polar bear."

        textbutton "South":
            action Return("s")
            tooltip "All the way to the tropics."

        textbutton "East":
            action Return("e")
            tooltip "So we can embrace the dawn."

        textbutton "West":
            action Return("w")
            tooltip "Where to go to see the best sunsets."
    
        $ tooltip = GetTooltip()
    
        if tooltip:
            text "[tooltip]"

If it helps, this is also the code i've been using for my screens.

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screen coat_menu():
    hbox:
        align(0.18,0.88)
        imagebutton:
            idle "coat"
            hover "coat_hover"            
            action Jump("coatfound") 

[m_from_space]

Like, the code i've been using? I've been using something from the document.

Code looks fine to me. So what's not working? Tooltips not showing at all?

Make sure that the text object, that's actually showing the tooltip is not hidden by something else and has a font-color that's not matching the background (e.g. you're not going to see black text on black background). In the example the tooltip should appear below the "West" button.