java - Can't turn off tooltips for text area inside scroll pane -

java - Can't turn off tooltips for text area inside scroll pane -

all swing components in app (except labels) have tooltips can annoying 1 time user knows what's going on, have preferences menu allows turning them off. name every component , set tooltip text "" [e.g., txtpattern.settooltiptext("");] (and 10 others), decided (with aid started awhile back) write code more elegant (a learning experience):

private void tipsoff(container container){ component [] c = container.getcomponents(); (component cc : c) ((jcomponent)cc).settooltiptext(""); } private void mnipreftooltipsactionperformed(java.awt.event.actionevent evt) { if(! mnipreftooltips.isselected()){ tipsoff(gui.getcontentpane()); tipsoff(gui.pnlletters); tipsoff(gui.mbrmenubar); } else{ gui.dispose(); gui = new io(); gui.setvisible(true); } }

i have problem, tooltips not turned off 2 big text areas @ bottom of gui (highlighted in navigator pane). 2 buttons (marked greenish in nav. pane) processed correctly. these items supposed processed via first phone call tipsoff, processes gui.getcontentpane()).

(i added 2 lines bellow seek rectify problem. nope.)

tipsoff(gui.scroutput); tipsoff(gui.scrscratch);

(also tried this. nope.)

tipsoff(gui.txaoutput); tipsoff(gui.txascratchwork);

how can elegantly (i.e., assume have many text areas, not 2) turn off text area tooltips?

p.s. message access of private field of object first phone call tipsoff. don't care, owing nature of task @ hand.

use tooltipmanager.sharedinstance().setenabled( false ) disable tool tips in swing application.

benefits compared approach

it works :-) you not clear tooltips, easy re-enable them again. illustration if want offer ui user activate/de-activate tooltips approach work. in approach, have restore tooltips cleared, hard in generic way.

java swing tooltip jscrollpane jtextarea