SwingToolTipSample.java Source code

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/*
Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition
By John Zukowski       
ISBN: 1-893115-78-X
Publisher: APress
*/

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;

public class SwingToolTipSample {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Object rows[][] = { { "one", "ichi - \u4E00" }, { "two", "ni - \u4E8C" }, { "three", "san - \u4E09" },
                { "four", "shi - \u56DB" }, { "five", "go - \u4E94" }, { "six", "roku - \u516D" },
                { "seven", "shichi - \u4E03" }, { "eight", "hachi - \u516B" }, { "nine", "kyu - \u4E5D" },
                { "ten", "ju - \u5341" } };
        Object headers[] = { "English", "Japanese" };
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tooltip Sample");
        JTable table = new JTable(rows, headers);

        JLabel headerRenderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
        String columnName = table.getModel().getColumnName(0);
        headerRenderer.setText(columnName);
        headerRenderer.setToolTipText("Wave");
        TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
        TableColumn englishColumn = columnModel.getColumn(0);
        englishColumn.setHeaderRenderer((TableCellRenderer) headerRenderer);

        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
        frame.getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        frame.setSize(300, 150);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}