Java Utililty Methods Swing Tooltip

List of utility methods to do Swing Tooltip

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Description

The list of methods to do Swing Tooltip are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidaddClickTipEffect(final JComponent component)
add Click Tip Effect 
component.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(51, 51, 255));
component.setCursor(new java.awt.Cursor(java.awt.Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
component.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
        component.setOpaque(true);
        component.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(51, 51, 255));
        component.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
...
JComponentcreateMarker(int span, String tooltip)
create Marker 
JLabel marker = new JLabel(MARKER_LABEL);
marker.setName(MARKER_NAME);
marker.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
marker.setOpaque(true);
marker.setBackground(Color.RED);
marker.setToolTipText(tooltip);
return marker;
JTextFieldcreateNumericInput(final String tooltip)
creates a JTextField. 
NumberFormat integerFormat = NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance();
integerFormat.setGroupingUsed(false);
integerFormat.setParseIntegerOnly(true);
final JTextField urlInput = new JTextField();
urlInput.setToolTipText(tooltip);
urlInput.setDocument(new PlainDocument() {
    @Override
    public void insertString(final int offset, final String input, final AttributeSet a)
...
voiddisplayTooltip(JComponent component)
Forces the display of a component tooltop by sending it a CTRL-F1 key event. 
component.dispatchEvent(new KeyEvent(component, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, 0, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK, KeyEvent.VK_F1,
        KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED));
voidhideToolTip(JComponent c)
hide Tool Tip 
try {
    Method hideMethod = ToolTipManager.class.getDeclaredMethod("hide", JComponent.class);
    hideMethod.setAccessible(true);
    hideMethod.invoke(ToolTipManager.sharedInstance(), c);
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
intperformMultipleReplacements(final Document theDocument, final String theRegexToSearch, final String theReplacement)
Performs as many replacements as possible of pattern regex in document, starting at document index theStart. 
return performMultipleReplacements(theDocument, theRegexToSearch, theReplacement, 0);
voidsetLongerTooltips()
(re-)shows tooltips earlier (10 milliseconds) and longer (20 seconds) 
ToolTipManager sharedInstance = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance();
sharedInstance.setReshowDelay(10);
sharedInstance.setInitialDelay(10);
sharedInstance.setDismissDelay(60 * 1000);
voidsetTooltipDismissDelay()
set Tooltip Dismiss Delay 
ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setDismissDelay(TOOLTIP_DISMISS_DELAY);
voidshowTooltipNow(JComponent c)
show Tooltip Now 
Action toolTipAction = c.getActionMap().get("postTip");
if (toolTipAction != null) {
    ActionEvent postTip = new ActionEvent(c, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, "");
    toolTipAction.actionPerformed(postTip);
voidshowToolTipNow(JComponent component)
show Tool Tip Now 
ToolTipManager manager = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance();
int oldDelay = manager.getInitialDelay();
manager.setInitialDelay(0);
manager.mouseMoved(
        new MouseEvent(component, MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVED, System.currentTimeMillis(), 0, 0, 0, 0, false));
manager.setInitialDelay(oldDelay);