The following example shows you how you can set tool tips on each element of the RichTextEditor control in Flex.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/11/21/creating-tool-tips-on-the-flex-richtexteditor-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:RichTextEditor id="richTextEditor"
            title="I'm a rich text editor"
            showToolTips="true"
            fontFamilyToolTip="Select a font family."
            fontSizeToolTip="Select a font size."
            boldToolTip="I'm bold"
            italicToolTip="I'm italic"
            underlineToolTip="I'm an underline"
            colorPickerToolTip="Select a color."
            alignToolTip="Left | Center | Right | Justified"
            bulletToolTip="I'm a bullet"
            linkToolTip="I'm a link" />

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

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