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/*
 * Tool Tips example snippet: 
 *
 * For a list of all SWT example snippets see
 * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets
 */
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableItem;

public class Snippet125 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final Display display = new Display();
        final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
        shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
        final Table table = new Table(shell, SWT.BORDER);
        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
            TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
            item.setText("item " + i);
        }
        // Disable native tooltip
        table.setToolTipText("");

        // Implement a "fake" tooltip
        final Listener labelListener = new Listener() {
            public void handleEvent(Event event) {
                Label label = (Label) event.widget;
                Shell shell = label.getShell();
                switch (event.type) {
                case SWT.MouseDown:
                    Event e = new Event();
                    e.item = (TableItem) label.getData("_TABLEITEM");
                    // Assuming table is single select, set the selection as if
                    // the mouse down event went through to the table
                    table.setSelection(new TableItem[] { (TableItem) e.item });
                    table.notifyListeners(SWT.Selection, e);
                    // fall through
                case SWT.MouseExit:
                    shell.dispose();
                    break;
                }
            }
        };

        Listener tableListener = new Listener() {
            Shell tip = null;

            Label label = null;

            public void handleEvent(Event event) {
                switch (event.type) {
                case SWT.Dispose:
                case SWT.KeyDown:
                case SWT.MouseMove: {
                    if (tip == null)
                        break;
                    tip.dispose();
                    tip = null;
                    label = null;
                    break;
                }
                case SWT.MouseHover: {
                    TableItem item = table.getItem(new Point(event.x, event.y));
                    if (item != null) {
                        if (tip != null && !tip.isDisposed())
                            tip.dispose();
                        tip = new Shell(shell, SWT.ON_TOP | SWT.TOOL);
                        tip.setLayout(new FillLayout());
                        label = new Label(tip, SWT.NONE);
                        label.setForeground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_INFO_FOREGROUND));
                        label.setBackground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_INFO_BACKGROUND));
                        label.setData("_TABLEITEM", item);
                        label.setText("tooltip " + item.getText());
                        label.addListener(SWT.MouseExit, labelListener);
                        label.addListener(SWT.MouseDown, labelListener);
                        Point size = tip.computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT);
                        Rectangle rect = item.getBounds(0);
                        Point pt = table.toDisplay(rect.x, rect.y);
                        tip.setBounds(pt.x, pt.y, size.x, size.y);
                        tip.setVisible(true);
                    }
                }
                }
            }
        };
        table.addListener(SWT.Dispose, tableListener);
        table.addListener(SWT.KeyDown, tableListener);
        table.addListener(SWT.MouseMove, tableListener);
        table.addListener(SWT.MouseHover, tableListener);
        shell.open();
        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch())
                display.sleep();
        }
        display.dispose();
    }
}