How set location for tooltip text ??

Question

hi ,
i want to set tooltip location myself to a button . for this i override methods are
1. public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent e)2 public Point getToolTipLocation(MouseEvent e)here is code... where i have to change to set location for tooltip
* DebugGraphicsTest.java
* Created on April 28, 2005, 1:14 AM
package swingtest;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
* @author  Paramasivam
public class DebugGraphicsTest extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    public DebugGraphicsTest() {
        initComponents();
        MyButton  btn = new MyButton("Chem m e");
        btn.setToolTipText("this is actual");
        getContentPane().add(btn);
        jButton1.setToolTipText("button 1");
        jButton2.setToolTipText("button 2");
        jButton3.setToolTipText("button 3");
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
    private void initComponents() {
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jButton3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.FlowLayout());
        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        jButton1.setText("jButton1");
        jPanel1.add(jButton1);
        jButton2.setText("jButton2");
        jPanel1.add(jButton2);
        jButton3.setText("jButton3");
        jPanel1.add(jButton3);
        getContentPane().add(jPanel1);
        pack();
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new DebugGraphicsTest().setVisible(true);
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    // End of variables declaration
class MyButton  extends JButton{
    public MyButton(String s){
        super(s);
    public Point getToolTipLocation(MouseEvent evnt){
        return new Point(100,300);
    public String getToolTipText(){
        return "hihi";
    public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent me){
        return "event hihi";
}

Answer 1

Adding the line ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().registerComponent(this); to MyButton's constructor seems to solve the problem.