A method and apparatus are provided for adaptively generating a tooltip to
be displayed in association with an object, such as a push button or a
check box, according to the state of the object. The method comprises
determining a current state of the object; and generating a tooltip to be
displayed in association with the object according to the current state
of the object. Since a tooltip is adaptively generated for an object
included in a GUI and is automatically displayed in association with the
object. Thus, it is possible to conveniently control a device with
reference to the tooltip without the need to additionally refer to
instructions regarding the GUI.