Javafx : Activate a tooltip with a button

Question

I\'m using JavaFx for a little app and a want to display a tooltip on a textArea when the user is clicking on a \"help\" button.

No problem for linking a tootltip to

Answer 1

This is what you are looking for:

final Button helpButton = new Button("Help");
helpButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler()
{
    public void handle(Event arg0)
    {
        showTooltip(stage, helpButton, "test tool tip", null);
    }
});

public static void showTooltip(Stage owner, Control control, String tooltipText,
    ImageView tooltipGraphic)
{
    Point2D p = control.localToScene(0.0, 0.0);

    final Tooltip customTooltip = new Tooltip();
    customTooltip.setText(tooltipText);

    control.setTooltip(customTooltip);
    customTooltip.setAutoHide(true);

    customTooltip.show(owner, p.getX()
        + control.getScene().getX() + control.getScene().getWindow().getX(), p.getY()
        + control.getScene().getY() + control.getScene().getWindow().getY());

}

Just pass the button as an input instead of control.