Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.ToolTipManager; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JTextPane text = new JTextPane() { @Override public String getToolTipText() { return ((JComponent) getParent()).getToolTipText(); } @Override public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent event) { return ((JComponent) getParent()).getToolTipText(event); } }; text.setText("Lorem ipsum dolor sit"); ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().registerComponent(text); JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing"); JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout()); panel.setToolTipText("tooltip from parent"); frame.setContentPane(panel); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(text); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }