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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.jface.viewers
Class ColumnViewerToolTipSupport


java.lang.Object
  extended by 

org.eclipse.jface.window.ToolTip
      extended by 

org.eclipse.jface.window.DefaultToolTip
          extended by 
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewerToolTipSupport

public class ColumnViewerToolTipSupport
extends DefaultToolTip

The ColumnViewerTooltipSupport is the class that provides tool tips for ColumnViewers.

Since:
3.3

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.window. ToolTip
NO_RECREATE, RECREATE
 
Constructor Summary
protected ColumnViewerToolTipSupport ( ColumnViewer viewer, int style, boolean manualActivation)
          Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class.
 
Method Summary
protected  void afterHideToolTip ( Event event)
          This method is called after a tooltip is hidden.
protected   Composite createToolTipContentArea ( Event event, Composite parent)
          Instead of overwriting this method subclasses should overwrite createViewerToolTipContentArea(Event, ViewerCell, Composite)
protected   Composite createViewerToolTipContentArea ( Event event, ViewerCell cell, Composite parent)
          Creates the content area of the tool tip giving access to the cell the tip is shown for.
static void enableFor ( ColumnViewer viewer)
          Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class.
static void enableFor ( ColumnViewer viewer, int style)
          Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class.
protected   Object getToolTipArea ( Event event)
          This method is called to check for which area the tooltip is created/hidden for.
protected  boolean shouldCreateToolTip ( Event event)
          Should the tooltip displayed because of the given event.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.window. DefaultToolTip
getBackgroundColor, getBackgroundImage, getFont, getForegroundColor, getImage, getStyle, getText, setBackgroundColor, setBackgroundImage, setFont, setForegroundColor, setImage, setStyle, setText
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.window. ToolTip
activate, deactivate, getData, getLocation, hide, isHideOnMouseDown, isRespectDisplayBounds, isRespectMonitorBounds, setData, setHideDelay, setHideOnMouseDown, setPopupDelay, setRespectDisplayBounds, setRespectMonitorBounds, setShift, show
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ColumnViewerToolTipSupport

protected ColumnViewerToolTipSupport(
ColumnViewer viewer,
                                     int style,
                                     boolean manualActivation)
Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class. To get all necessary informations this support class consults the CellLabelProvider.

Parameters:
viewer - the viewer the support is attached to
style - style passed to control tool tip behavior
manualActivation - true if the activation is done manually using ToolTip.show(Point)
Method Detail

enableFor

public static void enableFor(
ColumnViewer viewer)
Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class. To get all necessary informations this support class consults the CellLabelProvider.

Parameters:
viewer - the viewer the support is attached to

enableFor

public static void enableFor(
ColumnViewer viewer,
                             int style)
Enable ToolTip support for the viewer by creating an instance from this class. To get all necessary informations this support class consults the CellLabelProvider.

Parameters:
viewer - the viewer the support is attached to
style - style passed to control tool tip behavior
See Also:
ToolTip.RECREATE, ToolTip.NO_RECREATE

getToolTipArea

protected 
Object getToolTipArea(
Event event)
Description copied from class: ToolTip
This method is called to check for which area the tooltip is created/hidden for. In case of ToolTip.NO_RECREATE this is used to decide if the tooltip is hidden recreated. By the default it is the widget the tooltip is created for but could be any object. To decide if the area changed the Object.equals(Object) method is used.

Overrides:
getToolTipArea in class ToolTip
Parameters:
event - the event
Returns:
the area responsible for the tooltip creation or null this could be any object describing the area (e.g. the Control onto which the tooltip is bound to, a part of this area e.g. for ColumnViewer this could be a ViewerCell)

createToolTipContentArea

protected 
Composite createToolTipContentArea(
Event event,
                                             
Composite parent)
Instead of overwriting this method subclasses should overwrite createViewerToolTipContentArea(Event, ViewerCell, Composite)

Overrides:
createToolTipContentArea in class DefaultToolTip
Parameters:
event - the event that triggered the activation of the tooltip
parent - the parent of the content area
Returns:
the content area created

createViewerToolTipContentArea

protected 
Composite createViewerToolTipContentArea(
Event event,
                                                   
ViewerCell cell,
                                                   
Composite parent)
Creates the content area of the tool tip giving access to the cell the tip is shown for. Subclasses can overload this method to implement their own tool tip design.

This method is called from createToolTipContentArea(Event, Composite) and by default calls the DefaultToolTip.createToolTipContentArea(Event, Composite).

Parameters:
event - the event that which
cell - the cell the tool tip is shown for
parent - the parent of the control to create
Returns:
the control to be displayed in the tool tip area
Since:
3.4

shouldCreateToolTip

protected boolean shouldCreateToolTip(
Event event)
Description copied from class: ToolTip
Should the tooltip displayed because of the given event.

Subclasses may overwrite this to get custom behavior

Overrides:
shouldCreateToolTip in class ToolTip
Parameters:
event - the event
Returns:
true if tooltip should be displayed

afterHideToolTip

protected void afterHideToolTip(
Event event)
Description copied from class: ToolTip
This method is called after a tooltip is hidden.

Subclasses may override to clean up requested system resources

Overrides:
afterHideToolTip in class ToolTip
Parameters:
event - event triggered the hiding action (may be null if event wasn't triggered by user actions directly)

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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