Java Tutorial/SWT/Tooltip Balloon

Create a balloon tooltip for a tray item

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//package org.eclipse.swt.snippets; /*

* Tooltip example snippet: create a balloon tooltip for a tray item
*
* For a list of all SWT example snippets see
* http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
* 
* @since 3.2
*/

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ToolTip; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tray; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TrayItem; public class ToolTipBalloon {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   Image image = null;
   final ToolTip tip = new ToolTip(shell, SWT.BALLOON | SWT.ICON_INFORMATION);
   tip.setMessage("Here is a message for the user. When the message is too long it wraps. I should say something cool but nothing comes to my mind.");
   Tray tray = display.getSystemTray();
   if (tray != null) {
     TrayItem item = new TrayItem(tray, SWT.NONE);
     image = new Image(display, "yourFile.gif");
     item.setImage(image);
     tip.setText("Notification from a tray item");
     item.setToolTip(tip);
   } else {
     tip.setText("Notification from anywhere");
     tip.setLocation(400, 400);
   }
   Button button = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
   button.setText("Press for balloon tip");
   button.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
     public void handleEvent(Event event) {
       tip.setVisible(true);
     }
   });
   button.pack();
   shell.setBounds(50, 50, 300, 200);
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   if (image != null)
     image.dispose();
   display.dispose();
 }

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