// instantiate only once per component! sclass InstantNeverHideToolTip > MouseAdapter { JComponent component; JToolTip toolTip; Popup popup; int x, y; // popup position S text; IF0 calculateText; IF1 calculateTextFromCoordinates; settable bool verbose; Pt mousePt = pt(0, 0); // last mouse position in component *(IF0 *calculateText, JComponent component) { this(component); } *(IF1 *calculateTextFromCoordinates, JComponent component) { this(component); } *(S *text, JComponent component) { this(component); } *(JComponent *component) { swing { component.addMouseListener(InstantNeverHideToolTip.this); component.addMouseMotionListener(InstantNeverHideToolTip.this); toolTip = component.createToolTip(); // Hide also when component is removed from hierarchy bindToComponent(component, null, l0 hideToolTip); } } @Override public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { mousePt = ptFromEvent(e); x = e.getXOnScreen()+2; y = e.getYOnScreen()+2; showToolTip(); } @Override public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) { mouseMoved(e); } @Override public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) { mousePt = ptFromEvent(e); if (verbose) printVars(+mousePt, +calculateTextFromCoordinates); if (calculateTextFromCoordinates != null) { if (toolTipShowing()) text = null; // force moving tooltip around with mouse cursor updateText(); } } void updateText() swing { if (calculateText != null) setText(calculateText!); else if (calculateTextFromCoordinates != null) setText(calculateTextFromCoordinates.get(mousePt)); } public void showToolTip() { updateText(); showToolTip_noUpdateText(); } public void showToolTip_noUpdateText() { if (empty(text)) ret; toolTip.setTipText(text); popup = PopupFactory.getSharedInstance().getPopup(component, toolTip, x, y); popup.show(); } public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) { hideToolTip(); } bool toolTipShowing() { ret popup != null; } void hideToolTip() { if (popup != null) { popup.hide(); popup = null; } } S getText() { ret text; } void setText(S text) swing { if (eq(text, getText())) ret; InstantNeverHideToolTip.this.text = text; if (toolTipShowing()) { hideToolTip(); showToolTip_noUpdateText(); } } }