de.labAlive.core.window.tooltip

Class AWTToolTipManager

java.lang.Object

de.labAlive.core.window.tooltip.AWTToolTipManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.MouseListener, java.lang.Runnable, java.util.EventListener

public class AWTToolTipManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.awt.event.MouseListener, java.lang.Runnable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)
void	mouseEntered(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e) Determines which Component the mouse cursor is over and starts a thread to wait the appropriate amount of time before displaying its tooltip.
void	mouseExited(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e) Interrupts the thread that is waiting to display the tooltip and hides the tooltip window.
void	mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e) Interrupts the thread that is waiting to display the tooltip and hides the tooltip window.
void	mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)
static void	removeToolTipText(java.awt.Component component) Removes a tooltip from a given Component.
void	run() Implementation of the timer thread.
static void	setToolTipText(java.awt.Component component, java.lang.String tip) Adds a tooltip to a given Component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

setToolTipText

public static void setToolTipText(java.awt.Component component,
                                  java.lang.String tip)

Adds a tooltip to a given Component.

Parameters:

component - the Component

tip - the tooltip String

mouseEntered

public void mouseEntered(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)

Determines which Component the mouse cursor is over and starts a thread to wait the appropriate amount of time before displaying its tooltip.

Specified by:

mouseEntered in interface java.awt.event.MouseListener

mouseExited

public void mouseExited(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)

Interrupts the thread that is waiting to display the tooltip and hides the tooltip window.

Specified by:

mouseExited in interface java.awt.event.MouseListener

mousePressed

public void mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)

Interrupts the thread that is waiting to display the tooltip and hides the tooltip window.

Specified by:

mousePressed in interface java.awt.event.MouseListener

mouseReleased

public void mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)

Specified by:

mouseReleased in interface java.awt.event.MouseListener

mouseClicked

public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e)

Specified by:

mouseClicked in interface java.awt.event.MouseListener

removeToolTipText

public static void removeToolTipText(java.awt.Component component)

Removes a tooltip from a given Component.

Parameters:

component - the Component

run

public void run()

Implementation of the timer thread. This waits the appropriate amount of time and then displays the tooltip.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable