add vertical scrollbar to flex tooltip - actionscript-3

Question

I want to add scrollbar to the flex tootip. So i created custom tool tip. Below is the code snippet. Problem i am facing is that as soon as i move the mouse on the custom component tooltip, the custom component tooltip disppear. i have alse set the ToolTipManager.hideDelay = Infinity. I want to use the scrollbar of the cutom tool tip.
I do not want the custom tool top to hide till i move the mouse outside the custom tool tip component.Currently it hide itself once i move the mouse outside the label. How to control the destroy of tool tip.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
width="100%"
height="100%"
implements="mx.core.IToolTip">
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var _bodyText:String = "";
[Bindable]
public function get bodyText():String
{
return _bodyText;
}
public function set bodyText(value:String):void
{
_bodyText = value;
text = value;
}
private var _text:String;
public function get text():String
{
return _text;
}
public function set text(value:String):void
{
_text = value;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Scroller width="100%" height="200">
<s:RichEditableText text="{bodyText}" width="100%" height="100%" color="red"/>
</s:Scroller>
</s:Group>
and i add this cutom tooltip on mx:label component on toolTipCreate event.
protected function label1_toolTipCreateHandler(event:ToolTipEvent):void
{
ScrollableToolTip ptt = new ScrollableToolTip();
ptt.bodyText = data.notes;
ptt.height = 300;
ptt.width = 100;
event.toolTip = ptt;
}
Any pointers..
Thanks
Raj

Answer 1

Instead of relying on the flex tooltip, you may want to add a popup on mouse roll over and deal with it that way, ofcoz you have to deal with the positioning of the popup later on, but I think this will give you a lot of flexibility later on.