creating a tip balloon over a control on hover?

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I simply want when someone hovers his mouse over a checkbox a "tip balloon" to appear describing what the control does?

How can this be done?

Using VB.NET with Visual Studio 2010.

@Musi: I suspect it's WinForms, but you never know, I guess. I always hate to be wrong on SO! ;) — p.campbell, Apr 04 '11 at 23:05
@p.campbell: with WinForms v. WPF, you can't be wrong - only irrelevant. — MusiGenesis, Apr 04 '11 at 23:09

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '11 at 23:03

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Drag a ToolTip control from the toolbox on the left onto your form (the designer will then put it below your form, since it's not meant to be visible normally). By default it will be named "tooltip1".

Then select your checkbox and go over to its properties window. You should see a property labeled "Tooltip on tooltip1" - set this to whatever you want. When you run the app and hold the mouse over your checkbox, you should see the tooltip text.

answered Apr 04 '11 at 23:03

MusiGenesis

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if i want multiple tool tips for multiple controls should i use a different ToolTip control?? – John Kapsis Apr 04 '11 at 23:06
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@John: no, you only need one ToolTip on your form (each control will have a different "Tooltip on tooltip1" property). – MusiGenesis Apr 04 '11 at 23:07
Thank you very much! i apreciate it greatly! – John Kapsis Apr 04 '11 at 23:11
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@John: FWIW, in the old (pre-.NET) days of Visual Basic, `ToolTipText` was just a property of a control, which had the immense disadvantage of being simple and easy. – MusiGenesis Apr 04 '11 at 23:18
@MusiGenesis: what??? how is simple and easy a bad thing? Now it is still easy, you just have to know about it and you can't just guess where it is... – John Kapsis Apr 06 '11 at 05:38
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@John: sarcasm. I'm actually a big fan of simplicity. – MusiGenesis Apr 06 '11 at 11:03
@MusiGenesis simplicity fan here also! for every `ToolTip` a property is dynamically added on each control like `Tooltip on tooltipXXX`... can i puke NOW or should i wait for more? – Sharky Sep 29 '14 at 12:31
@Sharky: always puke now if you can. – MusiGenesis Sep 29 '14 at 20:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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For WinForms, see Display a tooltip over a button using Windows Forms, or briefly stated...

Drag in a ToolTip.
this.toolTip1.SetToolTip(this.targetControl, "My Tool Tip")

For WPF:

 <Button>Click Me
            <Button.ToolTip>
                <ToolTip>Blob of text.
                </ToolTip>
            </Button.ToolTip>
        </Button>

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Apr 04 '11 at 23:04

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 15 '16 at 07:36

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tooltip1.show("Your text", then your control)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 07:36

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answered Nov 15 '16 at 06:53

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creating a tip balloon over a control on hover?

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