removed second parameter of wxFrame::DoGiveHelp(), the help string is always shown (even if it's empty), not hidden; this hopefully really fixes restoring the previously shown status bar text when the menu is dismissed

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@45229 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

include/wx/frame.h

@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ public:
 #endif // no wxTopLevelWindowNative
 
 #if wxUSE_MENUS || wxUSE_TOOLBAR
-    // show help text (typically in the statusbar); show is false
-    // if you are hiding the help, true otherwise
-    virtual void DoGiveHelp(const wxString& text, bool show);
+    // show help text for the currently selected menu or toolbar item
+    // (typically in the status bar)
+    virtual void DoGiveHelp(const wxString& text);
 #endif
 
 protected:

src/common/framecmn.cpp

@@ -365,9 +365,7 @@ bool wxFrameBase::ShowMenuHelp(wxStatusBar *WXUNUSED(statbar), int menuId)
 #if wxUSE_MENUS
     // if no help string found, we will clear the status bar text
     wxString helpString;
-    bool show = menuId != wxID_SEPARATOR && menuId != -2 /* wxID_TITLE */;
-
-    if ( show )
+    if ( menuId != wxID_SEPARATOR && menuId != -3 /* wxID_TITLE */ )
     {
         wxMenuBar *menuBar = GetMenuBar();
         if ( menuBar )
@@ -380,7 +378,7 @@ bool wxFrameBase::ShowMenuHelp(wxStatusBar *WXUNUSED(statbar), int menuId)
         }
     }
 
-    DoGiveHelp(helpString, show);
+    DoGiveHelp(helpString);
 
     return !helpString.empty();
 #else // !wxUSE_MENUS
@@ -404,7 +402,7 @@ void wxFrameBase::SetStatusBar(wxStatusBar *statBar)
 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 
 #if wxUSE_MENUS || wxUSE_TOOLBAR
-void wxFrameBase::DoGiveHelp(const wxString& text, bool show)
+void wxFrameBase::DoGiveHelp(const wxString& help)
 {
 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
     if ( m_statusBarPane < 0 )
@@ -417,11 +415,6 @@ void wxFrameBase::DoGiveHelp(const wxString& text, bool show)
     if ( !statbar )
         return;
 
-    wxString help;
-    if ( show )
-    {
-        help = text;
-
     // remember the old status bar text if this is the first time we're
     // called since the menu has been opened as we're going to overwrite it
     // in our DoGiveHelp() and we want to restore it when the menu is
@@ -442,15 +435,6 @@ void wxFrameBase::DoGiveHelp(const wxString& text, bool show)
             m_oldStatusText += _T('\0');
         }
     }
-    }
-    else // hide the status bar text
-    {
-        // i.e. restore the old one
-        help = m_oldStatusText;
-
-        // make sure we get the up to date text when showing it the next time
-        m_oldStatusText.clear();
-    }
 
     statbar->SetStatusText(help, m_statusBarPane);
 #else

src/common/tbarbase.cpp

@@ -631,10 +631,16 @@ void wxToolBarBase::OnMouseEnter(int id)
     if( frame )
     {
         wxString help;
-        wxToolBarToolBase* tool = id == wxID_ANY ? (wxToolBarToolBase*)NULL : FindById(id);
+        if ( id != wxID_ANY )
+        {
+           const wxToolBarToolBase * const tool = FindById(id);
            if ( tool )
                help = tool->GetLongHelp();
-        frame->DoGiveHelp( help, id != wxID_ANY );
+        }
+
+        // do it even if help string is empty to avoid showing the help for the
+        // previously selected tool when another one is selected
+        frame->DoGiveHelp(help);
     }
 
     (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);

src/os2/frame.cpp

@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ bool wxFrame::HandleMenuSelect( WXWORD nItem,
         }
         else
         {
-            DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString, false);
+            DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString);
             return false;
         }
     }