Display message when hovering over something with mouse cursor in Python

Question

I have a GUI made with TKinter in Python. I would like to be able to display a message when my mouse cursor goes, for example, on top of a label or button. The purpose of th

Answer 1

I have a very hacky solution but it has some advantages over the current answers so I figured I would share it.

lab=Label(root,text="hover me")
lab.bind("",popup)

def do_popup(event):
    # display the popup menu
    root.after(1000, self.check)
    popup = Menu(root, tearoff=0)
    popup.add_command(label="Next")
    popup.tk_popup(event.x_root, event.y_root, 0)

def check(event=None):
    x, y = root.winfo_pointerxy()
    widget = root.winfo_containing(x, y)
    if widget is None:
        root.after(100, root.check)
    else:
        leave()

def leave():
    popup.delete(0, END)

The only real issue with this is it leaves behind a small box that moves focus away from the main window If anyone knows how to solve these issues let me know