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Bug 59359 - tooltips don't appear when any other window is fronted
Summary: tooltips don't appear when any other window is fronted
Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: David Simonek
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Reported: 2005-05-27 23:32 UTC by Ann Sunhachawee
Modified: 2008-12-22 18:16 UTC (History)
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Description Ann Sunhachawee 2005-05-27 23:32:19 UTC 
WinXP, dev build 4.2

IDE Tooltips do not appear when any other window is fronted, including windows
that the IDE puts up.

To reproduce:
Place any other window in front of IDE (or launch a Form Preview, or run a GUI
app from the IDE)
Mouse over the toolbar buttons in the IDE.

Notice that other apps like firefox will show tooltips even if it is not fronted.
Comment 1 David Simonek 2005-05-30 12:56:42 UTC 
Hmm, this is more complicated that you wrote. On win XP OS, situation is the
following:

- really native OS applications like Internet Explorer, WordPad (and Turbo
Navigator) don't show tooltips when not active
- apps like Firefox or StarOffice do show the tooltips

- tooltip management is completely in JDK/Swing's hands, and SwingSet demo don't
show tooltips, that's why Netbeans do the same.

conclusion: It's questionable if this issue is a bug or a feature, I don't know. 
In any case this can't be solved on Netbeans side, please enter Swing bug if you
think current Swing behaviour is wrong. Thanks.
Comment 2 Marian Mirilovic 2005-07-19 15:41:25 UTC 
Really not bug on our side .. verified