Simple AS3 ToolTip

Setters

• tipWidth : Number : Set the width of the tooltip
• tipHeight : Number : Set the height of the tooltip
• titleFormat : TextFormat : Format for the title of the tooltip
• contentFormat : TextFormat : Format for the bodycopy of the tooltip
• stylesheet : StyleSheet : StyleSheet Object ( Added 08.27.09 )
• titleEmbed : Boolean : Tell the tooltip to use embedded fonts for the title
• contentEmbed : Boolean : Tell the tooltip to use embedded fonts for the content
• align : String : left, right, center
• delay : Number : Time in milliseconds to delay the display of the tooltip
• hook : Boolean : Displays a hook on the bottom of the tooltip
• hookSize : Number : Size of the hook
• cornerRadius : Number : Corner radius of the tooltip, same for all 4 sides
• colors : Array : Array of 2 color values ( [0xXXXXXX, 0xXXXXXX] );
• autoSize : Boolean : Will autosize the fields and size of the tip with no wrapping or multi-line capabilities, helpful with 1 word items like “Play” or “Pause”
• border : Number : Color Value: 0xFFFFFF
• borderSize : Number : Size Of Border
• buffer: Number : TextField buffer inside ToolTip
• bgAlpha : Number : Transparency setting for ToolTip background

Example

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.bold = true;
tf.size = 12;
tf.color = 0xff0000;
 
var tt:ToolTip = new ToolTip();
tt.hook = true;
tt.hookSize = 20;
tt.cornerRadius = 20;
tt.align = "center";
tt.titleFormat = tf;
tt.show( DisplayObject, "Title Of This ToolTip", "Some Copy below the Title" );

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