Display ToolTip in JComboBox import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*; public class ToolTipComboBox extends JFrame { String[] items = {"jw" ,"ja" ,"la" }; String[] tooltips = {"Javanese ","Japanese ","Latin "}; public ToolTipComboBox() { super("ToolTip ComboBox Example"); JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(items); combo.setRenderer(new MyComboBoxRenderer()); getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout()); getContentPane().add(combo); } class MyComboBoxRenderer extends BasicComboBoxRenderer { public Component getListCellRendererComponent( JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { if (isSelected) { setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground()); setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground()); if (-1 < index) { list.setToolTipText(tooltips[index]); } } else { setBackground(list.getBackground()); setForeground(list.getForeground()); } setFont(list.getFont()); setText((value == null) ? "" : value.toString()); return this; } } public static void main (String args[]) { ToolTipComboBox frame = new ToolTipComboBox(); frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); frame.setSize(200, 140); frame.setVisible(true); } }