Java Swing Tooltip displayTooltip(JComponent component)

Description

Forces the display of a component tooltop by sending it a CTRL-F1 key event.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
component	the component whose tooltip will be displayed.

Declaration

public static void displayTooltip(JComponent component) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w . j  a v  a 2  s.  co  m*/
 *  UFO Saved Game Editor
 *  Copyright (C) 2010 Christopher Davoren
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Forces the display of a component tooltop by sending it a CTRL-F1 key event.
     * 
     * @param component the component whose tooltip will be displayed.
     */
    public static void displayTooltip(JComponent component) {
        component.dispatchEvent(new KeyEvent(component, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, 0, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK, KeyEvent.VK_F1,
                KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED));
    }
}

Related

1. addClickTipEffect(final JComponent component)
2. createMarker(int span, String tooltip)
3. createNumericInput(final String tooltip)
4. hideToolTip(JComponent c)
5. performMultipleReplacements(final Document theDocument, final String theRegexToSearch, final String theReplacement)
6. setLongerTooltips()
7. setTooltipDismissDelay()