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Programming => Widgetset => Cocoa => Topic started by: jdp on September 14, 2020, 11:23:19 am

Title: Why does the hints not show
Post by: jdp on September 14, 2020, 11:23:19 am

Hi.

I build an app and have some hints of componants. These hints work on Linux and Windows but on Mac it does not show.
Is there someting that I need to set for it to show up ?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: trev on September 14, 2020, 01:54:35 pm

Did you set the ShowHint property for the control to True?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: zoltanleo on September 14, 2020, 04:54:59 pm

Hmmm. I don't have any problems.

Catalina 10.15.6
FPC 3.3.31 Lazarus trunk rev.63728

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: jdp on September 14, 2020, 05:40:41 pm

Yes all is set. I am developing on the Raspberry Pi and compiling the same app on Windows and on Linux and there it all works fine. But on Mac the hints do not want to show.

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: skalogryz on September 14, 2020, 10:19:51 pm

Quote from: jdp on September 14, 2020, 05:40:41 pm

But on Mac the hints do not want to show.

what's your Lazarus version?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: trev on September 15, 2020, 01:58:09 am

Hints work for me in macOS Mojave using both FPC trunk + Lazarus trunk and FPC 3.0.4 + Lazarus 2.0.6.

OP: can you provide source for a simple demo with non-working hints?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: jdp on September 15, 2020, 11:06:59 pm

I will have to make a little test app first. So should it show if the property is set? I don't have to do anything else? It works 100%on all the other OSs

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: zoltanleo on September 16, 2020, 12:21:22 am

Hi jdp.

Have you tried running my test project I attached above?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: jdp on September 16, 2020, 06:41:46 pm

Hi. Yes, it does show.

So why would an application that I develop on the Pi not show it when I compile it on the Mac? I also have an issue with a date picker. I can select the date but the mouse won't click it. If I hit enter then it is selected.

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: jdp on October 11, 2020, 11:47:38 pm

Sorry for only coming back now I have been busy with other issues. I build a small sample on the Pi and compiled it on the Mac and it works, it does show the hints. But in my big project, that I can not share here, it does not work on the Mac but on all other platforms(Windows, Linux Mint and Ubuntu). Where can I start looking to figure out why this will be the case on Mac?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: trev on October 12, 2020, 12:52:53 am

* What is your Lazarus version
* What is your FPC version?
* Are you compiling on a Mac? If not, on what operating system are you compiling the Mac version?
* Did hints ever work on the Mac while you were developing your big project?

Title: Re: Why does the hints not show
Post by: VTwin on October 12, 2020, 03:16:29 am

I have no problems with several very large projects.