How to: Use ToolTips in ToolStrip Controls

You can display a ToolTip for the ToolStrip control you want by setting the control's ShowItemToolTips property to true.

To display a ToolTip

• Set the ShowItemToolTips property of the control to true.

  The default value of System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.ShowItemToolTips is true, and the default value of System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip.ShowItemToolTips and System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip.ShowItemToolTips is false.

To use the ToolTipText property for the ToolTip text of a ToolStripButton

1. Set the ShowItemToolTips property of the button to true.

2. Set the System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton.AutoToolTip property of the button to false.

   The AutoToolTip property is true by default for ToolStripButton, ToolStripDropDownButton, and ToolStripSplitButton.

   A ToolStripButton uses its Text property for the ToolTip text by default. Use this procedure to display custom text in a ToolStripButton ToolTip.

Note
If you set ToolStripItemDisplayStyle to None or Image, no text will appear on the button, but the tool tip still appears.

See Also

Reference

ToolStrip Control Overview (Windows Forms)
ShowItemToolTips
ToolStripButton
ToolStripDropDownButton
ToolStripSplitButton