Re: dynamic tool tip text
On 3/17/2010 1:59 PM, Jim Janney wrote:
In Eclipse when you display a tool tip you get a different message if
the control or shift keys are pressed. I'm trying to do the same
thing in a Swing program. My first try was to subclass JTextField
and override getToolTipText(MouseEvent), something like this:
public class CustomTextField extends JTextField {
// usual constructors
@Override
public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent event) {
String result;
if (event.isControlDown()&& getAlternateText() != null) {
result = getAlternateText();
} else {
result = super.getToolTipText(event);
}
return result;
}
public String getAlternateText() {
return "get your alternate text here";
}
}
This works for text fields but it's hard to extend it to other kinds
of components. If you have a non-editable combo box the class that
receives the method call is some subclass of JButton, for example
com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticComboBoxButton: exactly which
one you get depends on the look and feel.
I'm wondering if this is the wrong approach and I should be doing
something with a MouseListener instead. Has anyone else done anything
like this?
I tried it with a MouseListener and it works fine.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class test extends JPanel {
private boolean alt;
public test() {
super(new GridBagLayout());
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,300));
JButton b = new JButton("Press Me");
b.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
JComponent c = (JComponent)me.getSource();
if (me.isAltDown())
c.setToolTipText("ALT is pressed");
else
c.setToolTipText("ALT isn't pressed!");
}
});
add(b);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
test t = new test();
f.add(t);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
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