I'm trying to show multiple images in a component's tooltip, found createToolTip() and implemented a custom that adds the needed components like this:
setComponent(component);
JPanel images = new JPanel(null);
images.setLayout(new BoxLayout(images, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
for(ImageIcon icon:myIcons) {
images.add(new JLabel(icon));
}
JPanel content = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
content.add(new JLabel(title), BorderLayout.NORTH);
content.add(new JLabel(description));
content.add(images, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(content);
However, all I see is a little dot, indicating that the tool tip is shown, but somehow the size is ignored. What do I miss implementing a custom tooltip?
解决方案
The base "problems" are that JToolTip
is-not designed as a container, it's only accidentally a container because JComponent is. For a Swing "not-container" its the responsibility of the ui-delegate to act as LayoutManager.
isn't rich enough, it can handle text-only (at least with the emergency door html, which is @Andrew's favourite :-)
By-passing those limitations basically is a driving that widget nearly over the edge. A clean solution would roll a new component .. On the other hand, the OP already found the screws to tweak. The only thingy that could be slightly improved is to neither call setXXSize, nor set a custom ui. Instead, make it behave like a container by overriding getXXSize() like:
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (getLayout() != null) {
return getLayout().preferredLayoutSize(this);
}
return super.getPreferredSize();
}