Adding Tooltip to a component in C#

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Tooltip is a simply a nice ways to show a shot help to any component or control ...

Here is a short example for how to add a tooltip to a component ..

Source Code

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form

{

  private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBox1;

  private System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip toolTip1;

  private System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip toolTip2;

  private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBox2;

  public Form1() {

        InitializeComponent();

  }

  private void InitializeComponent()

  {

        this.pictureBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();

        this.toolTip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip(new System.ComponentModel.Container());

        this.toolTip2 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip(new System.ComponentModel.Container());

        this.pictureBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();

        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).BeginInit();

        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox2)).BeginInit();

        this.SuspendLayout();

        // 

        // pictureBox1

        // 

        this.pictureBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;

        this.pictureBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 24);

        this.pictureBox1.Name = "pictureBox1";

        this.pictureBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 50);

        this.pictureBox1.TabIndex = 0;

        this.pictureBox1.TabStop = false;

        this.toolTip1.SetToolTip(this.pictureBox1, "This is a tooltip.");

        // 

        // toolTip1

        // 

        this.toolTip1.ToolTipIcon = System.Windows.Forms.ToolTipIcon.Info;

        this.toolTip1.ToolTipTitle = "Titled ToolTip";

        // 

        // pictureBox2

        // 

        this.pictureBox2.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;

        this.pictureBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(148, 24);

        this.pictureBox2.Name = "pictureBox2";

        this.pictureBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 50);

        this.pictureBox2.TabIndex = 1;

        this.pictureBox2.TabStop = false;

        this.toolTip2.SetToolTip(this.pictureBox2, "This is a tooltip.");

        // 

        // Form1

        // 

        this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);

        this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;

        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(279, 107);

        this.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox2);

        this.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox1);

        this.Name = "Form1";

        this.Text = "ToolTip Test";

        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).EndInit();

        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox2)).EndInit();

        this.ResumeLayout(false);

  }

  [STAThread]

  static void Main()

  {

    Application.EnableVisualStyles();

    Application.Run(new Form1());

  }

}

 

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