Re: [flexcoders] Re: ToolTip Timers

[John Kirby]

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Tim - I have it working now with custom components and effects (just like JamJar).  I have it setup now where I can create as many custom tooltips as I want.  It also uses the various errorTipBorderStyles. This what I did: 1.) I created  my own ToolTip class which extends UIComponent and implements IToolTips.  It has a constructor and empty get/set text methods. 2.) I create my custom component classes which always extend my custom ToolTip class.  I overrride several methods the two most important are  createChildren() and updateDisplayList().  In these methods  I build my components (createChildren) and handle the various styles including the nice  errorTipBorderStyles. I also have various eventListeners to handle mouse clicks to call  destroyToolTip method. 3.)  I have a custom tooltip manager which extends ToolTipManager.  In this class I have a createCustomToolTip and a destroyToolTip. The createCustomToolTip is like the createToolTip signature except instead of passing text, I just pass the class reference (in its place) described in step 1.  The problem with createToolTip is it uses ToolTip class in the addChild() call.  So there was no way to override it.  This way any component class which extends my extended ToolTip class will work. 4.) For effects I just do a createInstance passing the ToolTip returned from the createCustomToolTip. I'm not sure I made this more difficult that it should have been but it is flexible and it works?? Thanks. .j Tim Hoff said the following: Hi John, Sam's suggestion to use the ToolTipManager's createToolTip and destroyToolTip methods would allow you to use your custom ToolTip component. But, since you would manually have to position and destroy the component anyway, have you considered using a popup instead? -TH --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, John Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam - > > Thanks... I've looked at that. The problem is I'm creating custom > components in my tooltip. So I was trapping the create event to use my > own custom tooltip which implements IToolTip. This worked fine. > > Where I got stuck was on how to intercept the hide event. Nothing I > tried seem to work which would allow the tooltip to continue showing > once the mouse was moved off the target. I was trying to recreate the > tooltips used in Adobe's JamJar application. > > So now my approach is to create my own class which extends > ToolTipManager. I want added another method (createCustomToolTip) where > I pass the custom tooltip class and try to override some methods so I > can control when to call destroytooltip? > > Not sure this is the best approach? > > .j > > Samuel Reuben said the following: > > Hi J, > > > > You could look into the documentation for ToolTipManager and use the > > methods (createToolTip and destroyToolTip) that are listed there to > > achieve what you are trying to do. > > > > Hope this helps, > > -sam > > > > > > On 9/16/06, *josiah_kirby* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:jjkirby@...>> wrote: > > > > I'm building a custom tooltip (implements IToolTip) which will have > > components in it. Once the tooltip is shown I want to keep it shown > > until I trigger an event to hide it. > > > > I have created a listener on the component for the tooltipHide to > > keep > > it from hiding with no luck. > > > > Anyone know how keep a tooltip open until you want to close/hide it? > > > > Thanks. > > > > .j > > > > > > > > -- > /Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right./ > - Henry Ford > -- Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.  - Henry Ford __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Software development tool Software development Software development services Home design software Software development company Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___