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How to: Create a ToolTip

This example shows how to define a tooltip control for a TextBox element.

Example

The following example shows how to define a tooltip by assigning text to the ToolTip property.

<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left">TextBox with ToolTip
  <TextBox.ToolTip>
    <TextBlock>Useful information goes here.</TextBlock>
  </TextBox.ToolTip>
</TextBox>

The following example shows how to define a tooltip by assigning a ToolTip object to the ToolTip property.

<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left">ToolTip with non-text content
  <TextBox.ToolTip>
    <ToolTip>
      <DockPanel Width="50" Height="70">
        <Image Source="data\flower.jpg"/>
        <TextBlock>Useful information goes here.</TextBlock>
      </DockPanel>
    </ToolTip>
  </TextBox.ToolTip>
</TextBox>

The following example uses code to generate a ToolTip object. The example creates a ToolTip (tt) and associates it with a Button.

button = New Button()
button.Content = "Hover over me."
tt = New ToolTip()
tt.Content = "Created with Visual Basic"
button.ToolTip = tt
cv2.Children.Add(button)
button = new Button();
button.Content = "Hover over me.";
tt = new ToolTip();
tt.Content = "Created with C#";
button.ToolTip = tt;
cv2.Children.Add(button);

See Also

Tasks

How to: Enable a ContextMenu on a Disabled Control

Concepts

ToolTip Overview

Reference

ToolTip

ToolTipService

Other Resources

ToolTip How-to Topics