# class KTipDialog

###

Module | kdeui
Namespace |
Class | KTipDialog
Inherits | KDialog

### methods

- KTipDialog (database, parent)

  returns ctor
  KDE 4.1.0 and later only

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  database | KTipDatabase |
  parent | QWidget | 0

  Construct a tip dialog.

  database - TipDatabase that should be used by the TipDialog.

  parent - Parent widget of TipDialog.

- KTipDialog (a0)

  returns ctor
  Not implemented

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  a0 | KTipDialog |

- KTipDialog (a0, a1)

  returns ctor
  before KDE 4.1.0 only

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  a0 | KTipDatabase |
  a1 | QWidget | 0

- eventFilter (a0, a1)

  returns bool

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  a0 | QObject |
  a1 | QEvent |

- setShowOnStart (show)

  returns Nothing
  static

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  show | bool |

  Toggles the start behavior.

  Normally, the user can disable the display of the tip in the dialog. This is just a way to change this setting from outside.

- showMultiTip (parent, tipFiles, force)

  returns Nothing
  static

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  parent | QWidget |
  tipFiles | QStringList |
  force | bool | 0

  Shows a tip

  This method behaves essentially as the one above, but expects a list of tips

  parent - Parent widget of TipDialog.

  tipFiles - A List of tip files. Each has be relative to the "data" resource of KStandardDirs

  force - If true, the dialog is show, even when the users disabled it.

- showTip (parent, tipFile, force)

  returns Nothing
  static

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  parent | QWidget |
  tipFile | QString | QString()
  force | bool | 0

  Shows a tip.

  This static method is all that is needed to add a tip-of-the-day dialog to an application. It will pop up the dialog, unless the user has asked that the dialog does not pop up on startup.

  Note that you probably want an item in the help menu calling this method with force=true.

  parent - Parent widget of TipDialog.

  tipFile - The name of the tip file. It has be relative to the "data" resource of KStandardDirs

  force - If true, the dialog is show, even when the users disabled it.

- showTip (tipFile, force)

  returns Nothing
  static

  Argument | Type | Default
  --- | --- | ---
  tipFile | QString | QString()
  force | bool | 0

  Shows a tip.

  This methods calls showTip() with the applications main window as parent.