In Swing, is there a way to define mouseover text (or tool tip text) for each item in a JComboBox?
There is a much better way to do this than the ToolTipComboBox
answer already given.
First, make a custom ListCellRenderer
:
package com.example;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.List;
public class ComboboxToolTipRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {
List<String> tooltips;
@Override
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
JComponent comp = (JComponent) super.getListCellRendererComponent(list,
value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
if (-1 < index && null != value && null != tooltips) {
list.setToolTipText(tooltips.get(index));
}
return comp;
}
public void setTooltips(List<String> tooltips) {
this.tooltips = tooltips;
}
}
Then use it like this:
JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
ComboboxToolTipRenderer renderer = new ComboboxToolTipRenderer();
comboBox.setRenderer(renderer);
...
//make a loop as needed
comboBox.addItem(itemString);
tooltips.add(tooltipString);
...
renderer.setTooltips(tooltips);