[Gretl-devel] Re: tooltip for right-clicking variables in model chooser

I noticed a relevant change in the following commit  [603a77]: https://sourceforge.net/p/gretl/git/ci/603a77724debc22b8527d28118328d0cb3... However, is the amendment for "Add" really correct? It also talks of double-clicking there, but wouldn't it rather be right-clicking for the RHS/regressors? thanks sven Am 20.03.2026 um 16:13 schrieb Sven Schreiber: > Hi, related to a request for more intuitive variable selection > (https://sourceforge.net/p/gretl/feature-requests/211/) we talked > about adding a tooltip that informs users that you can do a > right-click on a listed variable (e.g., in the OLS model spec dialog). > > I looked at the code and found a kind of similar example related to > the Midas dialog, in gui/selector.c. In the function <static GtkWidget > *var_list_box_new> there is the statement: > >  if (locus == SR_RVARS2 && sr->ci == MIDASREG) { >         gretl_tooltips_add(view, _("Select and right-click to edit > specification")); > > Obviously, we need a different "locus" for our purpose, and we don't > want to be restricted to midas; so how about adding the following to > an already existing if-block in the mentioned function: > > if (locus == SR_LVARS) { > >     /* left-hand box with the selectable vars */ > >   ... other instructions... >     gretl_tooltips_add(view, _("Select and right-click to add to > regressor list")); > > } ... > > Would that already do the trick? > > thanks > > sven > >