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The following bug was originally opened against web services, resolution selected method wizard of build 1210. The problem is though inherited from all explorer type objects which don't give you a tool tip if Ctrl-F1 is pressed which is supposed to be standard key combination for accessibility. Using mouse will show the tool tip but it can't be used for Accessibility. I have included the description of the original bug here in case it could be of use. resolve a service select a home interface that has multiple create methods browse create methods There is no way to get bubble help in a11y, the explorer does not show a signature. The only way to distinguish one create method from another is to select each one in turn... lark.fitzgerald@sun.com 2001-12-12 According to the Java Look and Feel Guidelines Ctrl-F1 should display tooltips, and ESC should dismiss the tooltip
a11y is a module, but this issue is against accessibility of Explorer, passing to explorer.
displaying tooltips is done by Swing. We don't do anything special about it in the Explorer except for providing the tooltip text. Passing to ui and Pavlica to investigate further.
Created attachment 5261 [details] visual bug after press CTRL+F1
Yes CTRL+F1 is used for display or dismiss Tool tip. I found some visual bug in our IDE. See attachment. When I tried to press CTRL+F1 then dot (2x2 pixels) invoked on the bottom of property sheet.
We created simple Swing application and it works, so probably something wrong in NB.
Something I do not understand. Tooltip is displayed when the mouse cursor is placed over a component for a while. When I press Ctrl+F1 which component is supposed to show its tooltip? The one which has focus?
this issue is unfixable I believe. The problem: use Ctrl+F1 to show tooltip for the current focused component. If the focused component is an Explorer Tree then the tooltip for the currently selected node should be displaed. (what if the currently selected node is hidden/scrolled out of the visible area?) Well, although Ctrl+F1 is supported by Swing, it doesn't work for us. Swing provides two kind of tooltip - whole component tooltip. You set the tooltip text for the whole component. Whenever the mouse pointer is hovering over the component, anywhere above the component, this tooltip is displayed. This works for buttons. - location based tooltip: the component can override getToolTipText(MouseEvent) to provide this kind of tooltip Explorer Tree and JTree as such obvious falls into the latter case. Swing is not designed to provide this kind of ToolTip via Ctrl+F1, which is obvious from the getToolTipText(MouseEvent) signature. So I suggest we won't fix this bug. I cannot be fixed anyway.
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.