Java get mouseover tooltip text

Question

Is it possible in java (or any other language that you know of) to get tool tip text (on mouseover). For example you mouseover something in an arbitrary application and a tiny tooltip pops up with some info. Can this be returned as a string to a program. It seems possible, i dont see why not but im no expert. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

All the classes which extend JComponent have these functionalities.

• You do :

  comp.setToolTipText("HEY!");
  

  to set the text.

• You do :

  String tt = comp.getToolTipText();
  

  to get the text.