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Silverlight - ToolTip
Tooltip represents a control that creates a pop-up window that displays information for an element in the GUI. Silverlight lets you attach a tooltip to any control. In that tooltip, you can add text as well as other element such as panels, ellipse etc.
The hierarchical inheritance of ToolTip class is as follows −
Given below are the commonly used properties of ToolTip class.
| Sr. No. | Property & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | IsOpen Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the ToolTip is visible. |
| 2 | IsOpenProperty Identifies the IsOpen dependency property. |
| 3 | Placement Gets or sets how a ToolTip is positioned in relation to the placement target element. |
| 4 | PlacementProperty Identifies the Placement dependency property. |
| 5 | PlacementTarget Gets or sets the visual element or control that the tool tip should be positioned in relation to when opened by the ToolTipService. |
| 6 | PlacementTargetProperty Identifies the PlacementTarget dependency property. |
| 7 | TemplateSettings Gets an object that provides calculated values that can be referenced as TemplateBinding sources when defining templates for a ToolTip. |
Given below are the commonly used Events of ToolTip class.
| Sr. No. | Event & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Closed Occurs when a ToolTip is closed and is no longer visible. |
| 2 | Opened Occurs when a ToolTip becomes visible. |
A simple example is explained, in which a tooltip is added for a button, which contains an ellipse and a TextBlock etc.
<UserControl x:Class = "ToolTipExample.MainPage"
xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable = "d" d:DesignWidth = "640" d:DesignHeight = "480">
<Grid x:Name = "LayoutRoot">
<Button Content = "OK" Width = "75" Height = "30">
<ToolTipService.ToolTip>
<StackPanel Orientation = "Horizontal">
<Ellipse Fill = "Orange" Width = "15" Height = "15" />
<TextBlock Text = "Click me!" Margin = "3" />
<Ellipse Fill = "Orange" Width = "15" Height = "15" />
</StackPanel>
</ToolTipService.ToolTip>
</Button>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
When the above code is compiled and executed, you will see the following output by holding mouse courser on button.
