Flex: How to create a floating notification message of sorts for a custom component?

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Published on 2010-05-13T13:13:50Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 13:54 UTC
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I have a custom TextInput-based component for date and time with certain restrictions on what's considered "within range". But it's still fine to insert dates that are outside the range.

When a user types in a date, on valueCommit, I'd like to be able to display a hovering notification to the user, to inform/warn them that the date is outside the accepted range.

I'm thinking of notifications ala the Validators, but I'd rather not use the Validator mechanism because it's really not validation, just notification. Something like a tooltip, but it will only appear if the user changed the value. Maybe an effect of some sort?

If anyone has any ideas or if anyone has done something like this, I'm all ears!

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