PyQt5 – Get tooltip data of label | toolTip() method

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PyQt5 offers the user to create tool tip using setToolTip() method. In this article, we will see how to access the content of tool tip. In order to do this we will use toolTip() method.

Syntax : label.toolTip()

Argument : It takes no argument.

Return : It returns string.

Code :

# importing the required libraries 
  
from PyQt5.QtCore import * 
from PyQt5.QtGui import * 
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import * 
import sys 
  
  
class Window(QMainWindow): 
    def __init__(self): 
        super().__init__() 
  
  
        # set the title 
        self.setWindowTitle("Python") 
  
        # setting geometry 
        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 600, 400) 
        # creating a label widget 
        self.label_1 = QLabel("Label", self) 
  
        # moving position 
        self.label_1.move(0, 0) 
  
        # setting up the border 
        self.label_1.setStyleSheet("border :3px solid black;") 
  
        # setting label tool tip 
        self.label_1.setToolTip("this is tool tip") 
  
        # setting time duration 
        self.label_1.setToolTipDuration(500) 
  
        # getting tool tip content 
        data = self.label_1.toolTip() 
  
        # creating a label widget 
        self.label_2 = QLabel("label tool tip data =" +
                                            data, self) 
  
        # moving position 
        self.label_2.move(0, 50) 
  
        # adjust size 
        self.label_2.adjustSize() 
  
        # show all the widgets 
        self.show() 
  
  
# create pyqt5 app 
App = QApplication(sys.argv) 
  
# create the instance of our Window 
window = Window() 
  
# start the app 
sys.exit(App.exec()) 