Showing Multiple Lines in a Tool Tip

A tool tip can show simple HTML tags when surrounded by the tags <HTML> and </HTML>. This example shows how to create multiple lines by using the <BR> tag. See the javax.swing.text.html.HTML class documentation for a list of supported tags.
// Show two lines in the tool tip component.setToolTipText("<html>"+"This is a"+"<br>"+"tool tip"+"</html>"); // By default, the lines are left justified. Center the lines. component.setToolTipText("<html><center>"+"This is a"+"<br>"+"tool tip"+"</center></html>"); // Italicize the second line component.setToolTipText("<html>"+"This is a"+"<br><i>"+"tool tip"+"</i></html>");

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