how to show a tooltip on a disabled control?

Question

I'm displaying a list of buttons, some of which might be disabled. I need to show a tooltip on the disabled buttons with an explanation of why it's disabled, but it seems I can't disable the button without disabling the tooltip. Is there a simple way around this?

Answer 1

Wrap the Button in a Group, and apply the toolTip to the group instead.

<s:Group toolTip="My toolTip">
    <s:Button enabled="false"/>
</s:Group>

It's a bit ugly, but it works.