Add Tooltips to Settings / Fix Sort By Name Setting

- Fixes bug where game list was not updates after saving settings when changing the sort setting
- Add tooltips to the settings menu to describe what each setting does
- Add tooltips to the buttons in the mainform

CreamInstaller/Forms/MainForm.Designer.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             settingsButton = new Button();
             selectionTreeView = new CustomTreeView();
             topOptionsTable = new TableLayoutPanel();
+            mainToolTip = new ToolTip();
+            mainToolTip.AutoPopDelay = 8000;
+            mainToolTip.InitialDelay = 500;
+            mainToolTip.ReshowDelay = 100;
             programsGroupBox.SuspendLayout();
             useSmokeAPILayoutPanel.SuspendLayout();
             allCheckBoxLayoutPanel.SuspendLayout();
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             installButton.Text = "Generate and Install";
             installButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             installButton.Click += OnInstall;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(installButton, "Generate DLC unlocker configurations and install them into the selected games.");
             // 
             // programsGroupBox
             // 
@@ -127,6 +132,8 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             useSmokeAPIHelpButton.Text = "?";
             useSmokeAPIHelpButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             useSmokeAPIHelpButton.Click += OnUseSmokeAPIHelpButtonClicked;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(useSmokeAPIHelpButton, "Learn more about the SmokeAPI and CreamAPI unlocker engines.");
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(useSmokeApiToggle, "Switch between SmokeAPI (on) and CreamAPI (off) unlocker engines for Steam and Paradox games.");
             // 
             // allCheckBoxLayoutPanel
             // 
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             scanButton.Text = "Rescan";
             scanButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             scanButton.Click += OnScan;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(scanButton, "Re-scan for installed games and refresh the DLC list from cache.");
             // 
             // uninstallAllButton
             // 
@@ -214,6 +222,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             uninstallAllButton.Text = "Uninstall All";
             uninstallAllButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             uninstallAllButton.Click += OnUninstallAll;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(uninstallAllButton, "Remove all installed DLC unlockers from every game.");
             // 
             // uninstallButton
             // 
@@ -229,6 +238,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             uninstallButton.Text = "Uninstall Selected";
             uninstallButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             uninstallButton.Click += OnUninstall;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(uninstallButton, "Remove DLC unlockers from the selected games only.");
             // 
             // progressLabelGames
             // 
@@ -270,6 +280,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
             settingsButton.Text = "Settings";
             settingsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             settingsButton.Click += OnSettingsButtonClick;
+            mainToolTip.SetToolTip(settingsButton, "Open application settings.");
             // 
             // topOptionsTable
             // 
@@ -354,5 +365,6 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms
         private FlowLayoutPanel saveFlowPanel;
         private Button settingsButton;
         private TableLayoutPanel topOptionsTable;
+        private ToolTip mainToolTip;
     }
 }

CreamInstaller/Forms/MainForm.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ internal sealed partial class MainForm : CustomForm
         Text = Program.ApplicationName;
     }
 
+    internal void UpdateSortOrder(bool sortByName)
+        => selectionTreeView.TreeViewNodeSorter = sortByName
+            ? PlatformIdComparer.NodeText
+            : PlatformIdComparer.NodeName;
+
     internal static MainForm Current
     {
         get

CreamInstaller/Forms/SettingsForm.Designer.cs

@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@ partial class SettingsForm
         sortByNameCheckBox = new CheckBox();
         saveButton = new Button();
         cancelButton = new Button();
+        settingsToolTip = new ToolTip();
         SuspendLayout();
         // 
+        // settingsToolTip
+        // 
+        settingsToolTip.AutoPopDelay = 8000;
+        settingsToolTip.InitialDelay = 500;
+        settingsToolTip.ReshowDelay = 100;
+        // 
         // darkModeCheckBox
         // 
         darkModeCheckBox.AutoSize = true;
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ partial class SettingsForm
         darkModeCheckBox.TabIndex = 0;
         darkModeCheckBox.Text = "Enable Dark Mode";
         darkModeCheckBox.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+        settingsToolTip.SetToolTip(darkModeCheckBox, "Switches the application between light and dark color themes. Changes apply immediately.");
         // 
         // blockedGamesCheckBox
         // 
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ partial class SettingsForm
         blockedGamesCheckBox.TabIndex = 1;
         blockedGamesCheckBox.Text = "Block Protected Games";
         blockedGamesCheckBox.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+        settingsToolTip.SetToolTip(blockedGamesCheckBox, "Prevents the program from displaying or modifying games protected by anti-cheat software (e.g. Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye). Disable at your own risk.");
         // 
         // sortByNameCheckBox
         // 
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ partial class SettingsForm
         sortByNameCheckBox.TabIndex = 2;
         sortByNameCheckBox.Text = "Sort game list by name";
         sortByNameCheckBox.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+        settingsToolTip.SetToolTip(sortByNameCheckBox, "When enabled, games in the main list are sorted alphabetically by name. When disabled, games appear in their default platform order.");
         // 
         // saveButton
         // 
@@ -102,4 +112,5 @@ partial class SettingsForm
     private CheckBox sortByNameCheckBox;
     private Button saveButton;
     private Button cancelButton;
+    private ToolTip settingsToolTip;
 }

CreamInstaller/Forms/SettingsForm.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace CreamInstaller.Forms;
 internal sealed partial class SettingsForm : CustomForm
 {
     private bool wasDarkModeEnabled;
+    private bool wasSortByName;
 
     private SettingsForm()
     {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ internal sealed partial class SettingsForm : CustomForm
         blockedGamesCheckBox.Checked = Program.BlockProtectedGames;
         sortByNameCheckBox.Checked = Program.SortByName;
         wasDarkModeEnabled = Program.DarkModeEnabled;
+        wasSortByName = Program.SortByName;
     }
 
     private void OnSaveClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ internal sealed partial class SettingsForm : CustomForm
         if (wasDarkModeEnabled != darkModeCheckBox.Checked)
             ThemeManager.ApplyToAllOpenForms();
 
+        if (wasSortByName != sortByNameCheckBox.Checked)
+            MainForm.Current?.UpdateSortOrder(sortByNameCheckBox.Checked);
+
         DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
         Close();
     }