Trick and Tips

private var smooth:Number;

/**
 * Create a Tooltip manager. Needed for creating and managing tooltips.
 * @paramparent Reference to the parent of tooltips - the container, which will contain the objects that will be rolled over.
 * @paramparentWidth Width of the parent.
 * @paramparentHeight Height of the parent.
 * @paramsmoothMovement The movement smoothener - the bigger the value, the smoother the movement. 1 = no smoothment.
 * @paramspawnDelay Delay in milliseconds of how long the user has to hold their mouse over the object to invoke a tooltip.
 */

public function EasyTooltip(parent:DisplayObjectContainer, parentWidth:int, parentHeight:int, smoothMovement:Number = 3, spawnDelay:int = 0) 
{
smooth = smoothMovement;
delay = spawnDelay;
par = parent;
listeners = [];
parW = parentWidth;
parH = parentHeight;
cursor = new TooltipCursor(parentWidth, parentHeight);
cursor.mouseChildren = false;
cursor.mouseEnabled = false;
parent.addChild(cursor);
cursor.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrame);
setStyle(new TooltipStyle());
trace("Tooltip manager created!");
}

cursor.x += (par.mouseX - cursor.x)/smooth;
cursor.y += (par.mouseY - cursor.y)/smooth;

private function onFrame(evt:Event):void {
cursor.x += (par.mouseX - cursor.x)/smooth;
cursor.y += (par.mouseY - cursor.y)/smooth;
var displayInd:int = -1;
for (var i:int = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
if (listeners[i].tip.display) {
displayInd = i;
break;
}
}
if (displayInd == -1) {
cursor.alpha = 0;
}else {
cursor.alpha = 1;
cursor.setText(listeners[displayInd].tip.msg);
}
}

package com.kircode.EasyTooltip 
{
import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.events.Event;
/**
 * Utility for creation of tooltips.
 * @author Kirill Poletaev
 */
public class EasyTooltip 
{

private var par:DisplayObject;
public var listeners:Array;
private var cursor:TooltipCursor;
private var parW:int;
private var parH:int;
private var delay:int;
private var smooth:Number;

/**
 * Create a Tooltip manager. Needed for creating and managing tooltips.
 * @paramparent Reference to the parent of tooltips - the container, which will contain the objects that will be rolled over.
 * @paramparentWidth Width of the parent.
 * @paramparentHeight Height of the parent.
 * @paramsmoothMovement The movement smoothener - the bigger the value, the smoother the movement. 1 = no smoothment.
 * @paramspawnDelay Delay in milliseconds of how long the user has to hold their mouse over the object to invoke a tooltip.
 */

public function EasyTooltip(parent:DisplayObjectContainer, parentWidth:int, parentHeight:int, smoothMovement:Number = 3, spawnDelay:int = 0) 
{
smooth = smoothMovement;
delay = spawnDelay;
par = parent;
listeners = [];
parW = parentWidth;
parH = parentHeight;
cursor = new TooltipCursor(parentWidth, parentHeight);
cursor.mouseChildren = false;
cursor.mouseEnabled = false;
parent.addChild(cursor);
cursor.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrame);
setStyle(new TooltipStyle());
trace("Tooltip manager created!");
}

/**
 * Set a new style for the tooltips.
 * @paramstyle TooltipStyle object that defines the style.
 */

public function setStyle(style:TooltipStyle):void {
cursor.setStyle(style);
}

/**
 * Add a Tooltip listener.
 * @paramlistener Object, which invokes the tooltip on roll over.
 * @paramtooltip Message to be displayed.
 * @returnNewly created Tooltip object. Can be used to dynamically change its properties in real-time.
 */

public function addListener(listener:DisplayObject, tooltip:String):Tooltip {
var tip:Tooltip = new Tooltip(tooltip);
var list:TooltipListener = new TooltipListener(listener, tip, delay);
listeners.push(list);
return tip;
}

private function onFrame(evt:Event):void {
cursor.x += (par.mouseX - cursor.x)/smooth;
cursor.y += (par.mouseY - cursor.y)/smooth;
var displayInd:int = -1;
for (var i:int = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
if (listeners[i].tip.display) {
displayInd = i;
break;
}
}
if (displayInd == -1) {
cursor.alpha = 0;
}else {
cursor.alpha = 1;
cursor.setText(listeners[displayInd].tip.msg);
}
}

}

}