Create a balloon tool tip for text box?

Question

How to create a balloon tool tip for a text box in SWT?

Answer 1

For a standard os tooltip, use:

org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setToolTipText(String)

For example,

    final Text textArea = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER);
    textArea.setToolTipText("Standard tooltip \n for swt control.");

Here what it would look like on Windows 7: