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[2005] ToolstripMenuItem - Tooltip not displaying -

I have on the main menu (menustrip) a few of the toolstripmenuitems dispaly setting as image and then in the tooltip what the button is for.

For some reason the tooltip is not displaying.

I have a tooltip control an also have tried Autotooltip to true and to false.

 

[2005] ToolstripMenuItem - Tooltip not displaying -
I have on the main menu (menustrip) a few of the toolstripmenuitems dispaly setting as image and then in the tooltip what the button is for. For some reason the tooltip is not displaying. I have a tooltip control an also have tried Autotooltip to true and to false.

Not your ordinary tooltip... -
I have been searching all night for a tooltip that behaves like the the tooltip on the start button. When you login the first time under Windows 2000, a tooltip automatically pops up. That's what I want! I don't want the mouse to have anything to do with it. I have downloaded many s

Flakey ToolTip behavior -
I have a ToolTip on a TextBox control. When I hover the cursor over the TextBox the ToolTip appears as expected. But if the ToolTip disappears after it's AutoPopDelay time has expired or if I click on the TextBox while the ToolTip is still showing, then the ToolTip will not appear ag

[2005] ToolTip margins -
Is there anyway to adjust the margins of a ToolTip so that there is a larger gap between the edge of the ToolTip and the text, like you get with the desktop icons in Windows?

[2005] Adding a tooltip to buttons -
Question 1: How do I add a tooltip to a button? or any other thing for the matter, So when you hold your mouse over, it gives a small description, I have made a tooltip, but how do I get it to show on mouse over?

[2005] Getting a Reference to a Base ToolStripMenuItem -
In the click event code I made dynamically with the addhandler keyword I need to get a reference to a base ToolStripMenuItem (using the sender object) from one of it's submenus (actually a sub-sub menu). I'm confused about which function to use and how to use it. Thank you.

[2005] Tooltip over datagrid column -
Hi, We have a datagrid column say Spaces and the description for this column is present in a hidden column in the same datagrid. We show this description in the tooltip of the Spaces column We are using the inbuilt tooltip property of the data grid for achieving this functional

Displaying tooltip -
Hi I have a checkbox style listbox on my form and want to display a tooltip for every item in the listbox. How can I do this? Code will be very useful!

[2005] Tooltip Font -
Hello! I have a tooltip that when certain cells of a datagridview are hovered over, it displays the values from a lookup of a table. But, i can't get it to align properly so that it displays nicely for the user. I think the only way around it is to change the font of the toolt

Overlapping tool tips -
When a listview item is clicked, it's value is written to a textbox, and the textbox's tooltip is set thus. Dim tt As New ToolTip tt.SetToolTip(txtItem, strToolTip) Then a different item is clicked, and so a new value and tooltip is set. But if the second to

[2005] How to adjust ToolTip Font size -
I'm working on scaling the application based on the current resolution of the screen. but I'm facing a problem that if I scale down the control size with its font then the text displayed in tooltip is distorted due to small font size. So I want to make size of tooltip to bigger when it

programmatically show tooltip -
is there a way to show a tooltip on demand? (I'm thinking maybe the "mousemove event" ??) What I'm trying to do is to have a tooltip show a series of 3 successive messages--each separated by 1 second intervals. (rather than trying to shove all of the info into one big lon

[2005] gridview image item SQL tooltip -
I have a gridview and would like to: 1. create a tooltip for image items in the gridview- I can't seem to find the tooltip property for items in the gridview. 2. the gridview data is taken from an SQL stored procedure, I'd like to make the tooltip dynamic based on a field from th

ToolTip text size -
VS 2005 Doing a program for children who are poor readers so the standard text on ToolTip is not large enough but there does not appear to be a font property. Before I start fannying about making my own with labels, does anyone know any method of setting tooltip text size? Ta

Tooltip woes -
I want to add a tooltip or balloon to my program. I can't seem to find the control anywhere (ToolTip). I've tried to set a reference to shlwapi.dll but VB won't let me reference it. I also have the Common Controls v6.0 loaded, but no ToolTip. Any ideas?

[2005] listbox tooltip -
'Lo So I have a listbox of directory paths and I want a tooltip to show up over the ones that are too long to fit in the width of the listbox with the paths string in the tooltip (like Windows does). Anyone know how to do this? TIA Matt

Change tooltips dynamically -
I have a treeview and when the user mouses over i want some data to be displayed in the tooltip.. the data varies depending on what node they hover over.. so I have the code to get the node that they are currently hovering, which I call in the mouse move event. then as long as th

Tooltip for a push button -
Hello! (VS 2005). I got a dialog box with push buttons. Every button has its tooltip, that may be seen. But after a button has been clicked (and had performed what it should, and I return to my my dialog box) I can't see Tooltip of the clicked button. How can I change the behavior

Question about ToolTip Control -
Hi. I have added a ToolTip Control to my form and assigned some ToolTip text to each of my buttons etc. However, the ToolTip doesn't display if a button is disabled. Ideally, i would still like the ToolTip to display, whether a button is disabled or enabled. I have set the "Sho

[2005] Tool Tip Help -
I am new to .NET I know in VB6, you just selected the control and changed ToolTip in the properties explorer. So in .NET you have to do this for every tooltip? ttGroupSettings.SetToolTip -Zach

tooltip does not appear ( IDE BUG ) -
i have created a simple active x control with a picture box on it using that control in a project , the tooltip i set to my activex control , is displayed . The tooltip does not appear if make an exe out if it. I mean tooltip is working in vb ide but not in exe. I am usi

[2005] Color of Arrow on ToolStripMenuItem with drop down items -
Is there any way to change the color of the arrow on a ToolStripMenuItem that indicates there are drop down items? ForeColor only changes the text, not the arrow color. Thanks in advance for any help.

Balloon ToolTip Click Help -
Pretty basic question, but i cant seem to find an answer... What is the code to detect when the user clicks on the ToolTip. (What i am trying to do is change a registry value when the user clicks on the tooltip so that my program knows not to show the tooltip again) Thanks

[2008] Balloon Tooltip Does Not Work !! -
hi i use to below code to make my Tooltip like balloon. but it dose not show any Tooltip: Code: Dim Tooltip As New ToolTip Tooltip.ToolTipTitle = "Title" Tooltip.IsBalloon = True Tooltip.ToolTipIcon = ToolTipIcon.Error Tooltip.Show("Text To View", Me.

How to force tooltip display when typing on textbox -
How can I force a tooltip of a textbox keep on displaying when I type text in that textbox?

How to format TOOLTIPS -
Hi, I want to make a linefeed for a tooltip and to use bold text for parts of the tooltip. Is there a way to do this without creating a selfmade tooltip? Franky

SQL and tooltip -
Hi, I want to retrieve a value from a field of a table. How can I assign this value in the text of a tooltip. The tooltip will appear when the user will move the mouse on a textbox.Any ideas?

Placing ToolTipText directly above Listview item -
Hello, when I move my mouse cursor over a Listview item it shows a ToolTip. The problem is when I move the mouse over the first item, the ToolTip is shown over the third and fourth item. The ToolTip won't refresh until I move the mouse over the ToolTip. This means I constantly need to

[2005] Positioning a tooltip in parent -
Guys, I have a small user control, multiple instances are placed on a form. The user contorl has a button that has an associated tooltip. Rather than the tooltip showing over the user control button, I would like it to be always placed at a certain position on the parent container.

CSS Tooltips -
I'm adding a css tooltip to my website. Using it, i'll be able to show the information of a particular image. I've found something called qTip and the tooltip is easy to add. However I wonder if they are a good idea overall - do you think it is worth adding? One thing I see is that, us

Tooltip Text -
How can I show a tooltip depending on the mouse location on a control. Is there a way to make a tooltip show without using the tooltip text property?

[2005] Creating a context menu in code using items from a toolstrip -
I have a ToolStripMenuItem that contains several menu entries. Now, when a user right clicks on a control I would like to show a context menu containing the same entries as the ones in the ToolStripMenuItem I'm trying this Code: Dim cm As New ContextMenuStrip

[2005] ToolTip in DataGridView for more than five seconds -
Hi all, I would like to show a tooltip on a datagridview´s cell for more than five seconds. Does anybody know a way? Thank´s and Greetz, TheTree

[2005] tooltip style -
does anyone here knows how to control the style of the tooltip dialog? (the frame type, text font and background color)

Am I the only one in the world with this problem -
Tooltips only seem to work in a ListView control if the view is set to lvwReport. Try it for yourself. Insert items into a listview and put something in each item's tooltip. If the view is set to lvwReport then the tooltips appear ok. Set it to lvwIcon, lvwList or lvwSmallIcon, then

[2005] Tooltip with image -
Is it possible to show a System.Drawing.Image inside a ToolTip? thanks in advance

how to make class tooltip show in vb.net 2005 -
Hello, there Recently I made a class and I want to know how to get it to show tooltip when the class function is going to be used. I know that it is possible in VB.Net 2005, but I don’t know how. Any suggestions are welcome.

Setthing Tooltip for Combobox Items -
How do I set tooltip value for each combo box items such that the tooltip displays when I scroll down the list and highlight any item. I can make it to show the tooltip only for the selected item after I click but now when I mouse over or highlight. Any ideas. Thank you,

UserControl & ToolTip -
Could somebody give me some help on how to use a ToolTip on a UserControl? I have a UserControl with some TextBoxes on it & I am adding the UC to a panel on my form at runtime. Now I want to set the ToolTip text for one of the TextBoxes, but I can't figure out how to do that. I

Is there any solution to this (ToolTip) -
Hi everyone, it seems I can’t find any method to hide or clear instantly the ToolStripMenuButton’s ToolTip when the button is clicked. It hides the tooltip but not fast enough. When the button is clicked the app takes the screen shot of the desktop. I don’t want the tooltip appea