Bug 176158 Tool tip flickers
I20070227-0800 I'm using the new Tool tip support (org.eclipse.jface.window.ToolTip). The problem with this is that the tool tip flickers when the mouse is moved over an element. On mouse move the tool tip is hidden and then shown again. This makes the tool tip almost unusable. IMHO you should check that the mouse is still hovering over the same item and try to keep the visibility and position of the tooltip stable if so. I'll attach a little plugin showing the issue. Thanks
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/window/DefaultToolTip.java
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package org.eclipse.jface.window;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.CLabel;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
/**
 * Default implementation of ToolTip that provides an iconofied label with font
 * and color controls by subclass.
 * 
 * @since 3.3 <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong> This class or interface has been
 *        added as part of a work in progress. This API may change at any given
 *        time. Please do not use this API without consulting with the
 *        Platform/UI team.
 */
public class DefaultToolTip extends ToolTip {