| Balloon Tips in Java |
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| Monday, 26 May 2008 11:54 | |
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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/ The balloon tooltip library provides the following features1) Shape of balloon, Edged or Rounded 2) Configurable balloon border color and width 3) Configure balloon fill color 4) Various alignment options: Top left, top right, bottom left and bottom right. 5) Configurable Tip location: AUTOMATIC, CENTER, NORTH, NORTHEAST, EAST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTH, SOUTHWEST, WEST, NORTHWEST 6) Show/Hide Close button. The below applet displays a sample Balloon tip application.
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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| Last Updated ( Monday, 26 May 2008 12:19 ) |
