[news.eclipse.tools] Re: ToolTipText help needed

["Jeff Brown" <jeff_brown@xxxxxxx>]

I can't think of any API mechanism to help you short of creating your own
tool tip support.  There's an example of how to implement custom hover help
and F1 help in the SWT examples package called HoverHelp.  You'll notice
that it uses a MouseTrackListener to capture hover events, and of course
because it is emulating a tool tip, it has great flexibility in what it may
contain.  You should have little difficulty in coming up with a solution to
your particular problem.

FYI: There is a known issue with this example on Motif where the hover
events on certain widgets are not processed correctly.  It may work fine for
Canvas though (not checked).

Jeff.

"Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am trying to provide ToolTipText across lightweight object.  This means,
> that for a single SWT Canvas, I would like different regions to have
> different ToolTipText.  How can I acheive this?  I have tried resetting
the
> ToolTipText value when different regions of the Canvas are entered, but
once
> the Tip is shown, it never will dissappear or update unless you either
exit
> the Canvas or MouseOver the ToolTip itself.
>
> I am considering emulating ToolTipText myself by creating a Shell with no
> Decorations, and placing it property, but this will be difficult.
>
>