org.eclipse.jface.window

Class DefaultToolTip

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.window.ToolTip

org.eclipse.jface.window.DefaultToolTip

Direct Known Subclasses:

ColumnViewerToolTipSupport

public class DefaultToolTip
extends ToolTip

Default implementation of ToolTip that provides an iconofied label with font and color controls by subclass.

Since:

3.3

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.window.ToolTip

NO_RECREATE, RECREATE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultToolTip(Control control) Create new instance which add TooltipSupport to the widget
DefaultToolTip(Control control, int style, boolean manualActivation) Create new instance which add TooltipSupport to the widget

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Composite	createToolTipContentArea(Event event, Composite parent) Creates the content are of the the tooltip.
protected Color	getBackgroundColor(Event event) The background Color used by CLabel in the default implementation
protected Image	getBackgroundImage(Event event) The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation
protected Font	getFont(Event event) The Font used by CLabel in the default implementation
protected Color	getForegroundColor(Event event) The foreground Color used by CLabel in the default implementation
protected Image	getImage(Event event) The Image displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation implementation
protected int	getStyle(Event event) The style used to create the CLabel in the default implementation
protected String	getText(Event event) The text displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation
void	setBackgroundColor(Color backgroundColor) The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation
void	setBackgroundImage(Image backgroundImage) The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation
void	setFont(Font font) The Font used by CLabel in the default implementation
void	setForegroundColor(Color foregroundColor) The foreground Color used by CLabel in the default implementation
void	setImage(Image image) The Image displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation implementation
void	setStyle(int style) The style used to create the CLabel in the default implementation
void	setText(String text) The text displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.window.ToolTip

activate, afterHideToolTip, deactivate, getData, getLocation, getToolTipArea, hide, isHideOnMouseDown, isRespectDisplayBounds, isRespectMonitorBounds, setData, setHideDelay, setHideOnMouseDown, setPopupDelay, setRespectDisplayBounds, setRespectMonitorBounds, setShift, shouldCreateToolTip, show

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultToolTip

public DefaultToolTip(Control control)

Create new instance which add TooltipSupport to the widget

Parameters:

control - the control on whose action the tooltip is shown

DefaultToolTip

public DefaultToolTip(Control control,
              int style,
              boolean manualActivation)

Create new instance which add TooltipSupport to the widget

Parameters:

control - the control to which the tooltip is bound

style - style passed to control tooltip behaviour

manualActivation - true if the activation is done manually using ToolTip.show(Point)

See Also:

ToolTip.RECREATE, ToolTip.NO_RECREATE

Method Detail

createToolTipContentArea

protected Composite createToolTipContentArea(Event event,
                                 Composite parent)

Creates the content are of the the tooltip. By default this creates a CLabel to display text. To customize the text Subclasses may override the following methods

• getStyle(Event)
• getBackgroundColor(Event)
• getForegroundColor(Event)
• getFont(Event)
• getImage(Event)
• getText(Event)
• getBackgroundImage(Event)

Specified by:

createToolTipContentArea in class ToolTip

Parameters:

event - the event that triggered the activation of the tooltip

parent - the parent of the content area

Returns:

the content area created

getStyle

protected int getStyle(Event event)

The style used to create the CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the style

getImage

protected Image getImage(Event event)

The Image displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the Image or null if no image should be displayed

getForegroundColor

protected Color getForegroundColor(Event event)

The foreground Color used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the Color or null if default foreground color should be used

getBackgroundColor

protected Color getBackgroundColor(Event event)

The background Color used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the Color or null if default background color should be used

getBackgroundImage

protected Image getBackgroundImage(Event event)

The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the Image or null if no image should be displayed in the background

getFont

protected Font getFont(Event event)

The Font used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the Font or null if the default font should be used

getText

protected String getText(Event event)

The text displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

event - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

Returns:

the text or null if no text has to be displayed

setBackgroundColor

public void setBackgroundColor(Color backgroundColor)

The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

backgroundColor - the Color or null if default background color (SWT.COLOR_INFO_BACKGROUND) should be used

setBackgroundImage

public void setBackgroundImage(Image backgroundImage)

The background Image used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

backgroundImage - the Image or null if no image should be displayed in the background

setFont

public void setFont(Font font)

The Font used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

font - the Font or null if the default font should be used

setForegroundColor

public void setForegroundColor(Color foregroundColor)

The foreground Color used by CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

foregroundColor - the Color or null if default foreground color should be used

setImage

public void setImage(Image image)

The Image displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation implementation

Parameters:

image - the Image or null if no image should be displayed

setStyle

public void setStyle(int style)

The style used to create the CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

style - the event triggered the popup of the tooltip

setText

public void setText(String text)

The text displayed in the CLabel in the default implementation

Parameters:

text - the text or null if no text has to be displayed