Adding animations and effects to Flex tool tips

The following example shows how you can add custom animation and effects when displaying a tool tip in Flex.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/04/adding-animations-and-effects-to-flex-tool-tips/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        creationComplete="init()">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.managers.ToolTipManager;

            private function init():void {
                ToolTipManager.hideDelay = 2000;
                ToolTipManager.showEffect = rotate;
                ToolTipManager.hideEffect = zoom;
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: url("./fonts/arial.ttf");
            fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded";
        }

        ToolTip {
            fontFamily: ArialEmbedded;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Rotate id="rotate" />
    <mx:Zoom id="zoom" />

    <mx:Button label="Roll over me to see tool tip"
            toolTip="The quick brown fox..." />

</mx:Application>

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Tagged as: hideDelay, hideEffect, showEffect, ToolTipManager