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###  [ Gtk ](index.html)

API Version: 3.0

Library Version: 3.24

#####  Type

[ Widget ](class.Widget.html)

#####  Properties

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focus.html) [ composite-child ](property.Widget.composite-child.html) [
double-buffered ](property.Widget.double-buffered.html) [ events
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focus-on-click ](property.Widget.focus-on-click.html) [ halign
](property.Widget.halign.html) [ has-default ](property.Widget.has-
default.html) [ has-focus ](property.Widget.has-focus.html) [ has-tooltip
](property.Widget.has-tooltip.html) [ height-request ](property.Widget.height-
request.html) [ hexpand ](property.Widget.hexpand.html) [ hexpand-set
](property.Widget.hexpand-set.html) [ is-focus ](property.Widget.is-
focus.html) [ margin ](property.Widget.margin.html) [ margin-bottom
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end.html) [ margin-left ](property.Widget.margin-left.html) [ margin-right
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start.html) [ margin-top ](property.Widget.margin-top.html) [ name
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[ opacity ](property.Widget.opacity.html) [ parent
](property.Widget.parent.html) [ receives-default ](property.Widget.receives-
default.html) [ scale-factor ](property.Widget.scale-factor.html) [ sensitive
](property.Widget.sensitive.html) [ style ](property.Widget.style.html) [
tooltip-markup ](property.Widget.tooltip-markup.html) [ tooltip-text
](property.Widget.tooltip-text.html) [ valign ](property.Widget.valign.html) [
vexpand ](property.Widget.vexpand.html) [ vexpand-set
](property.Widget.vexpand-set.html) [ visible ](property.Widget.visible.html)
[ width-request ](property.Widget.width-request.html) [ window
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###  Property

#  [ Gtk ](index.html) [ Widget ](class.Widget.html) :tooltip-text

since: 2.12

####  Declaration

    
    
    property tooltip-text: utf8 [ read, write ]

####  Description  [ [src]
](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/gtk-3-24/gtk/gtkwidget.c#L1294 "go
to source location")

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

Also see gtk_tooltip_set_text().

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip
shown if the given string is not ` NULL ` : ` GtkWidget:has-tooltip ` will
automatically be set to ` TRUE ` and there will be taken care of `
GtkWidget::query-tooltip ` in the default signal handler.

Note that if both ` GtkWidget:tooltip-text ` and ` GtkWidget:tooltip-markup `
are set, the last one wins.

Type: ` gchar* `

Available since: 2.12

Getter method  |  [ ` gtk_widget_get_tooltip_text() ` ](method.Widget.get_tooltip_text.html)  
---|---  
Setter method  |  [ ` gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text() ` ](method.Widget.set_tooltip_text.html)  
  
####  Flags

Readable  |  **yes**  
---|---  
Writable  |  **yes**  
Construct  |  **no**  
Construct only  |  **no**