I'm hooking up dynamic data to it. I also like to customize the appearance of it(multiple rows, bold, maybe a background color change).
Is that enough info? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand. UIComponents already have a toolTip property. When > it is set, a tool tip automatically appears when the mouse moves over > that component and stays there for a little while. > > Gordon Smith > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nate Pearson > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:37 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Custom Tooltips in UIComponent > > > > I'm extending UIComponent to make some custom components. > > I want to add a custom tooltip to it when someone mouse overs it. > > I can't figure out how to do it...I might need to implement > ToolTipManager and use controls.ToolTip but that seems like too much > work. I wouldn't want to listen for every time the mouse moves for > the tooltip to follow it. > > What I would really like is a function like "dataTipFunction" that's > on charts. > > Thanks everyone, > > Nate >