Method ToolTips

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This is a powerful and useful feature available under Kawa. When this option is enabled from Options/Editor… moving the menu selection during methods override will display a quick help on the method as shown in the figure below.

This information is extracted from the JDK HTML documentation for the class. It is important to set the JDK documentation directory correctly under Options/Directory. In the figure above, selecting Frame from the methods override sub menu will display all the methods that can be overridden for the Frame. Selecting the method Add Notify in that menu will display a quick help on the method along with all the method signatures for that method. If the method has multiple overloads all the overloads will be displayed in the tooltip.