This is the exact answer. There is a working example that was put out late
last year. Go to DejaNews and search in the comp.lang.java* forums for
MultiLineLabelUI.
john
On 18-May-99 gaolei wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> For the html support, we now only could wait, but I think we really
> could do something now.
>
> For such type questions, I believe they have a same answer: modifying
> the xxxxUI class, if we want some visual component looks different from
> standard one but with the same or a little bit different behavior.
>
> So for tooltip, I THINK you could inherit from BasicTooltipUI(I just
> assumed), and override the paint function. Really not difficult.
>
> For the usage, instantiate a JTooltip object and setUI( yourOwnUI );
> Such way, I believe you could get any look and feel what you want.
> Also, this point is one of the most charming feature of Java GUI.
>
> My suggestion.
> Gao Lei.
>
>
>
> Paul Michael Reilly wrote:
>
>> Zhichao Hong writes:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am wondering is that possible to create Mutiple line tooltips. By
>> > default, the swing is only able to display single line tooltips.
>> >
>> >
>> > Any idea is much appreciated.
>>
>> I saw that JLabel and JText support a <html> prefix followed by HTML
>> modifiers in the string they are rendering. I suspect this works for
>> tooltips too. It is documented in the Swing 1.1 beta2 release. I
>> don't know if it is in JDK 1.2.1 yet. I think not. No doubt someone
>> will cheerfully correct me if I'm wrong. :-)
>>
>> -pmr
>>
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