tooltips for JTable column headers

[fossildoc]

I change the column headers in a JTable according to the value in a particular column of the selected row. The headers are abbreviations, so I would like to set explanatory tool tips each time I change the headers.

Tool tips can be set only for JComponents (and a couple of unrelated classes). The logical candidates for drawing column headers, like the table column model and the header renderer, are not JComponents.

Does anyone know how I can set tool tips for individual column headers?

[DarrylBurke]

JTableHeader is a JComponent.

db

[fossildoc]

Thank you for responding.

I know that JTableHeader is a JComponent, but it doesn't have a method for setting tool tips for individual columns. The column models and their renderers are not JComponents and therefore do not support a setToolTip() method.