diff --git a/tooltipmanager.cpp b/tooltipmanager.cpp
index 32522b596..5a70c47cc 100644
--- a/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ public :
 
     void clearTips();
 
+    void doDelayedHide();
+
     QGraphicsWidget *currentWidget;
     QTimer *showTimer;
     QTimer *hideTimer;
@@ -171,11 +173,11 @@ bool ToolTipManager::isVisible(QGraphicsWidget *widget) const
     }
 }
 
-void ToolTipManager::delayedHide()
+void ToolTipManagerPrivate::doDelayedHide()
 {
-    d->showTimer->stop();  // stop the timer to show the tooltip
-    d->delayedHide = true;
-    d->hideTimer->start(250);
+    showTimer->stop();  // stop the timer to show the tooltip
+    delayedHide = true;
+    hideTimer->start(250);
 }
 
 void ToolTipManager::hide(QGraphicsWidget *widget)
@@ -242,6 +244,11 @@ void ToolTipManager::setContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget, const Content &data)
     tooltip->updateTheme();
 }
 
+void ToolTipManager::clearContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget)
+{
+    setContent(widget, Content());
+}
+
 void ToolTipManager::setState(ToolTipManager::State state)
 {
     d->state = state;
@@ -409,7 +416,7 @@ bool ToolTipManager::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
         }
 
         case QEvent::GraphicsSceneHoverLeave:
-            delayedHide();
+            d->doDelayedHide();
             break;
 
         case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMousePress:
diff --git a/tooltipmanager.h b/tooltipmanager.h
index 5d4941d2a..5dffaf624 100644
--- a/tooltipmanager.h
+++ b/tooltipmanager.h
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ public:
      */
     bool isVisible(QGraphicsWidget *widget) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Hides the currently showing tooltip after a short amount of time.
-     */
-    void delayedHide();
-
     /**
      * Hides the tooltip for a widget immediately.
      *
@@ -172,7 +167,13 @@ public:
      *               is passed in, the tooltip content will be reset.
      */
     void setContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget,
-                    const ToolTipManager::Content &data = ToolTipManager::Content());
+                    const ToolTipManager::Content &data);
+
+    /**
+     * Clears the tooltip data associated with this widget, but keeps
+     * the widget registered.
+     */
+    void clearContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget);
 
     /**
      * Sets the current state of the manager.