[flexcoders] Alternative to using ToolTips for popup

[Charles Galpin]

Hi All

I am trying to use ToolTip and ToolTipManager to implement a popup  
that comes up when I click an icon. I want the popup to be associated  
with my object, and it will have additional controls in it. Basically  
looking for similar behavior as a ToolTip in that I want it to popup  
above other components and have it's location tied to my object.

The problem is that I don't want to invoke the tooltip on hover but  
when I want it, and therefore can't intercept the event as the  
examples show to put in my custom ToolTip.   I monkey patched  
ToolTipManagerImpl to fix a problem with the createToolTip method to  
get it to use my custom tooltip and managed to get it working with

var savedClass:Class = ToolTipManager.toolTipClass;
ToolTipManager.toolTipClass = MyTip;
var myTip:MyTip = ToolTipManager.createToolTip(s,10,10) as MyTip;
ToolTipManager.toolTipClass = savedClass;

But aside from the negatives of monkey patching this feels wrong.

Can anyone suggest an alternative method to get the same behavior  
without using ToolTips?

thanks
charles