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Message:

Manipulate Action Keys

Posted by T.J. on January 18, 2001 at 9:26 PM

AbstractAction implements Action interface. In Action interface, the following fields (or Keys) are defined:
o DEFAULT
o NAME
o SHORT_DESCRIPTION
o ...

In the API document, it says "SHORT_DESCRIPTION is used for storing a short description for the action, used for tooltip text". What does it actually means? If I create an object of class MyAction and add it to a menu bar, will the value of key "SHORT_DESCRIPTION" show as a tooltip?

Example:

class MyAction extends AbstractAction {
MyAction() {
super("My Action");

// this will automatically show as tooltip text?
put("SHORT_DESCRIPTION","My Tooltip Text");
}
}

Well... I tried, but it does not work. So how could these keys be used?