Balloon tips can be used to display informational messages like name validation, password validation etc. A balloon tip consists of message, a “I” icon to indicate that it is an information message, and a close button.

The below picture shows a balloon tip in windows system tray

To display similar balloon tips in java you can use the balloon tip library which can be downloaded from https://balloontip.dev.java.net/

To create a balloon tooltip two factory methods are provided in the BalloonTip class.

* BalloonTip.createEdgedBalloonTip(Component attachedComponent, Alignment alignment, Color borderColor, Color fillColor, int borderWidth, int horizontalOffset, int verticalOffset, boolean useCloseButton)

* BalloonTip.createRoundedBalloonTip(Component attachedComponent, Alignment alignment, Color borderColor, Color fillColor, int borderWidth, int horizontalOffset, int verticalOffset, int arcWidth, int arcHeight, boolean useCloseButton)

The created balloon tip can be displayed using the setVisible() Method.

The below image graphically explains the borderWidth, horizontalOffset and verticalOffset parameters. Other parameter names are self explanatory.

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dim   |84.88.50.xxx |2008-05-27 12:44:57 Nice, the only problem if you wish it outside the applet (I mean rounded).

Adewale Ajiboye  - Applet Issues     |41.219.200.xxx |2008-10-08 21:18:59 Hi. Lovely work. I noticed just one issue. Maybe its because i wasn't paying enough attention, but the BalloonTip class doesn't seem to work properly in JApplets. I had to edit the initializePhase2() method of the BalloonTip.java file to accept JApplets as top level containers. i had to add ////////////////////// else if (parent instanceof javax.swing.JApplet) { topLevelContainer = ((javax.swing.JApplet) parent).getLayeredPane(); break; } //////// ///////////// to the while true loop. More Power to you.

Adewale Ajiboye  - Ordering of contents of ProjectDocumentList page     |41.219.224.xxx |2008-10-08 21:51:08 Also, it would be nice if you could reorder the list on the project document list page in descending order. I bet most people would assume that the latest version would be at the top. (I know i did). PS: I ran into the issue in my above posted comment in both the earliest and latest versions

Yumas   |92.78.242.xxx |2008-12-05 08:21:07 Real nice work. I like it very much 'cause it's so mutable.

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