Using ToolTipManager to Register your components : ToolTipManager « Swing « Java Tutorial

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ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setEnabled(false).

When calling the setToolTipText(), it causes the component to register itself with the ToolTipManager. Sometime we want to register the component directly.

public void registerComponent(JComponent component)
public void unregisterComponent(JComponent component)