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Creating mx ToolTip and Error Tips Programatically with Flex 3 Using the ToolTipManager

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The ToolTip control allows you to provide additional helpful information about your interface. When a user moves the mouse over a graphical component like a Button control, you can use the ToolTip control to pop up a text with additional information about the Button functionality.

ToolTips are a very useful way of guiding users through your application.

In this example I will use the ToolTipManager class to create, display and destroy a ToolTip. The ToolTip will also be displayed as an error tip.

This is how the different tips will appear in the application:

Custom Button ToolTip and ErrorTip

Custom Button ToolTip and ErrorTip

Full source code and the working example at the bottom of the page.

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December 6th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Customizing the mx ToolTip Control in Flex

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The ToolTip control allows you to provide additional helpful information about your interface. When a user moves the mouse over a graphical component like a Button control, you can use the ToolTip control to pop up a text with additional information about the Button functionality.

ToolTips are a very useful way of guiding users through your application.

In this example I will show you how to apply different styles to a ToolTip control using CSS.

This is how your custom ToolTip will look when all the styles have been applied:

Custom Flex ToolTip Control

Custom Flex ToolTip Control

You can find the working example at the end of the page.

This is the code behind the application:
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Written by Popa Mihai

December 6th, 2010 at 12:37 pm