From 610864d1db2ac2d6ea7588994ce426c122556c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Micky <micheledevita2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:27:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add tooltip to method qualifiers in Documentation Help

---
 editor/editor_help.cpp | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/editor/editor_help.cpp b/editor/editor_help.cpp
index 51926807875..50b4f28b700 100644
--- a/editor/editor_help.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_help.cpp
@@ -368,8 +368,29 @@ void EditorHelp::_add_method(const DocData::MethodDoc &p_method, bool p_overview
 	class_desc->pop();
 	if (!p_method.qualifiers.is_empty()) {
 		class_desc->push_color(qualifier_color);
-		class_desc->add_text(" ");
-		_add_text(p_method.qualifiers);
+
+		PackedStringArray qualifiers = p_method.qualifiers.split_spaces();
+		for (const String &qualifier : qualifiers) {
+			String hint;
+			if (qualifier == "vararg") {
+				hint = TTR("This method supports a variable number of arguments.");
+			} else if (qualifier == "virtual") {
+				hint = TTR("This method is called by the engine.\nIt can be overriden to customise built-in behavior.");
+			} else if (qualifier == "const") {
+				hint = TTR("This method has no side effects.\nIt does not modify the object in any way.");
+			} else if (qualifier == "static") {
+				hint = TTR("This method does not need an instance to be called.\nIt can be called directly using the class name.");
+			}
+
+			class_desc->add_text(" ");
+			if (!hint.is_empty()) {
+				class_desc->push_hint(hint);
+				class_desc->add_text(qualifier);
+				class_desc->pop();
+			} else {
+				class_desc->add_text(qualifier);
+			}
+		}
 		class_desc->pop();
 	}