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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
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