Quick Help (quickhelp)

class orangecanvas.gui.quickhelp.QuickHelp(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QTextBrowser

textChanged

Emitted when the shown text changes.

showHelp(text: str, timeout: int = 0) → None

Show help for timeout milliseconds. if timeout is 0 then show the text until it is cleared with clearHelp or showHelp is called with an empty string.

clearHelp() → None

Clear help text previously set with showHelp.

showPermanentHelp(text: str) → None

Set permanent help text. The text may be temporarily overridden by showHelp but will be shown again when that is cleared.

setDefaultText(text: str) → None

Set default help text. The text is overriden by normal and permanent help messages, but is show again after such messages are cleared.

currentText() → str

Return the current shown text.