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# ToolTip

A Tooltip provides additional information for widgets when the user hovers over a widget. This information can consist in plain text, but also include an icon and complex HTML code.

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## Features

- ToolTip can contain an icon
- ToolTip's label can contain HTML
- Show/hide delay

## Description

A ToolTip can be attached to one ore more widgets be creating a ToolTip and calling the `setToolTip()` method with the ToolTip as argument on the widget. The ToolTip will be shown as soon as the mouse overs the widget. A ToolTip can be configured to contain an icon and label and to be shown/hidden after a certain amount of time.

## Demos

Here are some links that demonstrate the usage of the widget:

- Demonstrates regular and shared ToolTips

## API

Here is a link to the API of the Widget:
complete package and classname