Name: gm110360 Date: 09/24/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.4.2_04 and 1.5 RC

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
JList delegates getToolTipText() to the JList renderer component.
It allows to set a tooltip text for each JList item, from the renderer.

The delegation is not done for getToolTipLocation(). As a result, overriding the default tooltip location is not possible.

Overridding JList is a workaround when using JList directly.
But no workaround is possible when setting tooltip in a JComboBox (that delegates display to JList).



REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.*;

public class ComboTooltipTest {
    
    private static class MyListRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
JList list,
Object value,
int index,
boolean isSelected,
boolean cellHasFocus) {

super.getListCellRendererComponent(
list,
value,
index,
isSelected,
cellHasFocus);

if (value==null) return this;

super.setToolTipText("My tooltip for "+value);
return this;
}

public Point getToolTipLocation(MouseEvent event) {
System.out.println("getToolTipLocation");
return new Point(getWidth()+5,0);
}
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        JComboBox combo=new JComboBox(new String[] { "value1","value2","value3"});
        combo.setRenderer(new MyListRenderer());
        
        JFrame f=new JFrame();
        f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        f.getContentPane().add(combo);
        f.setSize(300,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
        
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Incident Review ID: 311730)
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