Using the ToolTipManager class to determine the current tool tip in a Flex application

By Peter deHaan On April 6, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can get the currently visible tool tip in a Flex application by using the static ToolTipManager.currentToolTip property and the toolTipShown event.

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Setting a Flex tool tip’s maximum width

By Peter deHaan On September 5, 2007 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can use the static ToolTip.maxWidth property in Flex to control the maximum width of a tool tip.

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Adding animations and effects to Flex tool tips

By Peter deHaan On September 4, 2007 · 15 Comments

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

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Controlling a Flex tool tip’s show delay, hide delay, and scrub delay

By Peter deHaan On September 3, 2007 · 9 Comments

The following example shows how you can control how long Flex will wait to display a tool tip after the user moves the mouse over a control, how long the tool tip will be visible before disappearing and how long a user can take when moving the mouse between controls before Flex waits to display [...]

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Globally disabling tool tips using the Flex ToolTipManager class

By Peter deHaan On September 3, 2007 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can enable and disable tool tips globally within a Flex application by setting the ToolTipManager.enabled property.

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Customizing a Flex ToolTip instance’s appearance using styles

By Peter deHaan On September 1, 2007 · 12 Comments

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of the Flex ToolTip using a <mx:Style /> block.

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Creating tool tips manually using the ToolTipManager class

By Peter deHaan On August 15, 2007 · 2 Comments

Here’s a basic example of creating a text tool tip using the Flex ToolTipManager class and making the tool tip follow the mouse cursor.

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Setting the amount of time that a tool tip is visible using the ToolTipManager class

By Peter deHaan On July 23, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ever wonder how to control the amount of time that a tool tip stays visible before disappearing? Well, wonder no more! You can control the length of time that a tool tip remains visible from the default 10 seconds to whatever you want by setting the ToolTipManager.hideDelay property. Simply set the value to however many [...]

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