diff -r 464220c63016 -r 9985c4a0e27b pidgin/gtkimhtmltoolbar.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkimhtmltoolbar.c	Sat Oct 08 07:44:40 2011 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkimhtmltoolbar.c	Sat Oct 08 21:13:43 2011 +0000
@@ -658,7 +658,11 @@
 	g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(button), "smiley_text", face);
 	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button), "clicked", G_CALLBACK(insert_smiley_text), toolbar);
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(button, face);
+#else
 	gtk_tooltips_set_tip(toolbar->tooltips, button, face, NULL);
+#endif
 
 	/* these look really weird with borders */
 	gtk_button_set_relief(GTK_BUTTON(button), GTK_RELIEF_NONE);
@@ -672,7 +676,11 @@
 		g_snprintf(tip, sizeof(tip),
 			_("This smiley is disabled because a custom smiley exists for this shortcut:\n %s"),
 			face);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(button, tip);
+#else
 		gtk_tooltips_set_tip(toolbar->tooltips, button, tip, NULL);
+#endif
 		gtk_widget_set_sensitive(button, FALSE);
 	} else if (psmiley) {
 		/* Remove the button if the smiley is destroyed */
@@ -1155,7 +1163,9 @@
 	}
 
 	g_free(toolbar->sml);
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
 	gtk_object_sink(GTK_OBJECT(toolbar->tooltips));
+#endif
 
 	menu = g_object_get_data(object, "font_menu");
 	if (menu)
@@ -1252,7 +1262,11 @@
 			g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button), "clicked",
 					 G_CALLBACK(buttons[iter].callback), toolbar);
 			*(buttons[iter].button) = button;
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+			gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(button, buttons[iter].tooltip);
+#else
 			gtk_tooltips_set_tip(toolbar->tooltips, button, buttons[iter].tooltip, NULL);
+#endif
 		} else
 			button = gtk_vseparator_new();
 		gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
@@ -1263,7 +1277,11 @@
 	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button), "clicked",
 		G_CALLBACK(send_attention_cb), toolbar);
 	g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(toolbar), "attention", button);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(button, _("Send Attention"));
+#else
 	gtk_tooltips_set_tip(toolbar->tooltips, button, _("Send Attention"), NULL);
+#endif
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(toolbar), hbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
@@ -1361,7 +1379,9 @@
 	toolbar->smiley_dialog = NULL;
 	toolbar->image_dialog = NULL;
 
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
 	toolbar->tooltips = gtk_tooltips_new();
+#endif
 
 	gtk_box_set_spacing(GTK_BOX(toolbar), 3);