Tooltips for custom menu items in maxscript?

[10DSpace]

I have a number of custom maxscripts saved as .mcr in the Usermacros directory, some of which I place in custom toolbars and some in custom menus.  It's easy to create tooltips for the ones in custom toolbars, but for the ones in custom menus, I have not been able to find any way to create tooltips that display when the mouse hovers over the menu item like the tooltips that display for the standard Max Menu Items.  The keyword, tooltip:"My tooltip text" in the Macro declaration does not work as a tool tip for custom menu items.  Instead, it replaces the name of the menu item with the entire tooltip text, which is not what a user expects from a Tooltip.  

 Is there a way to create custom tooltips for custom menu macroscripts like those in the standard Max Menus that display after a mouse hover?   Any help would be appreciated.

  

[10DSpace]

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[brentscannell]

Hi @10DSpace 

What version of 3ds Max are you using? There was a bug up until recently where menu items were not skipping past what we call level 1 tooltips, which is a copy of the command name. It sounds like you might be experiencing that particular bug.

I'll check with the team, but I suspect that macroscript created actions might be limited to only a single level of tooltips, so there may not be a way to author the extended text tooltip for these actions right now. I'll follow up when I know more.

[10DSpace]

@brentscannell 

Thanks Brent for your reply and for looking into this.   I am using Max 2020.3  but the issue was the same with max 2019.    It would be great to have a tool tip reminder of usage and functions of scripts as it can get difficult to remember after the first 20 or so scripts.  I always put this info in comments in the beginning of the script file but it would save time to not have to "Edit the Macro Script" just to read the usage and function info.   Thanks for your help.

[denisT.MaxDoctor · Accepted solution]

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@10DSpace wrote:

I have a number of custom maxscripts saved as .mcr in the Usermacros directory, some of which I place in custom toolbars and some in custom menus.  It's easy to create tooltips for the ones in custom toolbars, but for the ones in custom menus, I have not been able to find any way to create tooltips that display when the mouse hovers over the menu item like the tooltips that display for the standard Max Menu Items.  The keyword, tooltip:"My tooltip text" in the Macro declaration does not work as a tool tip for custom menu items.  Instead, it replaces the name of the menu item with the entire tooltip text, which is not what a user expects from a Tooltip.  

This behavior has always been like this. The #tooltip keyword is used for buttons as a tooltip text, and as a text for menu items. There are no bugs here. If you want to change the behavior or extend the action (macro) syntax, you can publish your request in the "wish list".

[10DSpace]

Thanks @denisT.MaxDoctor  for the clarification/confirmation.