Set the Tooltip Delay Time for a Particular Component in Java Swing

Question

I\'m trying to set tooltips on a JEditorPane. The method which I use to determine what tooltip text to show is fairly CPU intensive - and so I would like to onl

Answer 1

You can show the popup yourself. Listen for mouseMoved() events, start/stop the timer and then show popup with the following code:

First you need PopupFactory, Popup, and ToolTip:

private PopupFactory popupFactory = PopupFactory.getSharedInstance();
private Popup popup;
private JToolTip toolTip = jEditorPane.createToolTip();

then, to show or hide the toolTip:

private void showToolTip(MouseEvent e) {
    toolTip.setTipText(...);
    int x = e.getXOnScreen();
    int y = e.getYOnScreen();
    popup = popupFactory.getPopup(jEditorPane, toolTip, x, y);
    popup.show();
}

private void hideToolTip() {
    if (popup != null)
        popup.hide();
}

This will give you adjustable delay and a lot of troubles :)