Bug 174844 [JFace] JFace ToolTip class should support manual activation
I have been using the new JFace ToolTip class for showing custom-draw tool tips for my tree items and works very nicely for that. Now I have another context that I need to use tool tips in. In this context, the tool tips need to be activated in response to an event other than mouse movement. To be specific, I want to popup a tool tip when user attempts to uncheck a tree item that shouldn't be unchecked. After the tool tip is displayed, I want standard tooltip behavior (times out, hides on mouse movement, etc.). It doesn't look like I can do that using the ToolTip class. Perhaps a base class can be pulled out from the ToolTip class. The base class would expose a protected show method and let a subclass take care of activation. The existing ToolTip class can then add activation based on mouse movement + delay. Other subclasses can then be made that implement alternative activation methods.
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.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 {