JTextField tooltip display - how to set a balloon tooltip on a JTextField

Java/Swing FAQ: How do I set the help text (i.e., help text, balloon text, tooltip text) on a JTextField?

Solution: Just call the setToolTipText method on the JTextField. Here's a quick JTextField tooltip display example:

// create a textfield with tooltip help text
JTextField textfield = new JTextField(10);
textfield.setToolTipText("Enter your username over here, that other thing is a label.");