How to use ToolTip in Java Swing

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

How to use ToolTip in Java Swing

You can create a tool tip for any JComponent with setToolTipText() method. This method is used to set up a tool tip for the component.

For example, to add tool tip to PasswordField, you need to add only one line of code:

Simple ToolTip Example

 import javax.swing.*;   public class ToolTipExample { public static void main(String[] args) {    JFrame f=new JFrame(“Password Field Example”);    //Creating PasswordField and label  JPasswordField value = new JPasswordField();   value.setBounds(100,100,100,30);    value.setToolTipText(“Enter your Password”);  JLabel l1=new JLabel(“Password:”);    l1.setBounds(20,100, 80,30);    //Adding components to frame  f.add(value);  f.add(l1);  f.setSize(300,300);    f.setLayout(null);    f.setVisible(true);    } } 

Output:

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