Java swing how to do when mouse over pop out a small box to show details.

Question

I have a JTable displays the event accordingly, I want to do like when mouse over the table cell will pop out a small box show the event details. Something like tooltip how can i do that? is there any component in swing doing that?

Answer 1

Have a read about How to Use Tables: Specifying Tool Tips for Cells.

Answer 2

Use JToolTip and HTML. More info here:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/html.html