Author: Nobuo Tamemasa

Use a non-standard tooltip color.

// File: ColoredToolTipExample.java
/* (swing1.1) */
//package jp.gr.java_conf.tame.swing.examples;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;

/**
 * @version 1.0 12/10/98
 */
public class ColoredToolTipExample extends JFrame {
  public ColoredToolTipExample() {
    super("Colored ToolTip Example");   
    
    UIManager.put("ToolTip.foreground",
                  new ColorUIResource(Color.red));
    UIManager.put("ToolTip.background",
                  new ColorUIResource(Color.yellow));
                  
    JButton button = new JButton ("Hello, world");
    button.setToolTipText("Red / Yellow");
    getContentPane().add(button);
  }

  public static void main (String args[]) {
    ColoredToolTipExample f = new ColoredToolTipExample();
    f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
        System.exit(0);
      }
    });
    f.setSize (300, 100);
    f.show();
  }
}

Posted On: 3-Jan-1999

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