Comments on: Create custom tooltip for your flex apps

By: Ws

Ws — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:19:12 +0000

Hi,

Very useful tool.
I Integrated with my AIR app. I came across an issue, If the tool tip opens at the bottom of the screen it starts flickering and doesn’t show correctly. Is there some fix for this issue.

Thanks

By: admin

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:57:03 +0000

@ ALEX :
Hi, sorry that was a mistake, it’s not var toolTip:ContactToolTip = new ContactToolTip();
but it’s var toolTip:CustomToolTip = new CustomToolTip();

We have corrected it

Thanks for pointing it out

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:29:17 +0000

I do not understand what is : var toolTip:ContactToolTip = new ContactToolTip();
Where can I find the ContactToolTip class ? Did I miss something ?

By: Atul Singh Parihar

Atul Singh Parihar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:24:34 +0000

Hi,
I hope u doing well. i am glade after see this but i have a some problem if you use
horizontalAlign=”right”
verticalAlign=”bottom”
in main.mxml then its not proper show plz give me solution.
this is bug in this code .
i hope i got reply as soon as possible

thanks

By: hans

hans — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:42:54 +0000

Thank you.

My mistake, I want to create a custom tooltip which stays visible after the user moves the mouse of the component…. but hideDelay = “The amount of time, in milliseconds, that Flex waits to hide the ToolTip after it appears.” is not the way to go…

I now use a custom panel which I show/hide when necessary…

By: riacodes

riacodes — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:44:40 +0000

To view how to set delay times for your tooltip, go to http://www.files.riacodes.com/flex_custom-tooltip/demoDelay/
Right click to view source.

By: hans

hans — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:15:03 +0000

mm, no luck with this either….

By: RiaCodes

RiaCodes — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:58:08 +0000

Create a function to put your code

private function initApp():void{
ToolTipManager.hideDelay = 3000;
}

and call this function for the creationComplete event of the Application

By: hans

hans — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:25:16 +0000

Hi,

I’ve tried this, but with no luck
(I want to use the ToolTipManager.hideDelay = 3000;) where in your example would you put this extra line?

thanks!

By: RiaCodes

RiaCodes — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:35:37 +0000

Hey Hans, you need to use the time delay properties of the ToolTipManager that are showDelay, hideDelay and scrubdelay.
Don’t know which one you want to change so check this.

example : ToolTipManager.showDelay = 1000 ;
/* (time in ms, the tooltip will appear 1 second after the user has moved the mouse over a component that has a ToolTip).*/

Stay tuned