WebControl.ToolTip Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ ToolTip { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public virtual string ToolTip { get; set; }

public virtual string ToolTip { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.ToolTip : string with get, set

member this.ToolTip : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property ToolTip As String

Property Value

String

The text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control. The default is Empty.

Attributes: BindableAttribute

Examples

The following example illustrates how to set the ToolTip property on the Button control, which is inherited from the WebControl base class.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
 
    void SubmitBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (((Button)sender).CommandArgument == "1")
            Label1.Text = "Share your happiness!";
        else
            Label1.Text = "Be happy!";

        Label1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.BurlyWood;
        Label1.BorderWidth = 4;
    }
 
 </script>
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head runat="server">
    <title>WebControl.ToolTip Example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <form id="Form1" runat="server">
 
    <h3>ToolTip Property of a Web Control</h3>
    <p>Don't know which button to click?<br />
        Move the mouse pointer over the buttons to find out!
    </p>

    <p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn1" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
            Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="1"
            ToolTip="Click me if you are happy" runat="server"/>
    </p>

    <p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn2" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
            Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="2"
            ToolTip="Click me if you are sad." runat="server"/>
    </p>

    <asp:Label id="Label1" Font-size="24pt" Font-Bold="True" 
        BackColor="Yellow" runat="server"/>

 </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <script language="VB" runat="server">
 
    Sub SubmitBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        If CType(sender, Button).CommandArgument = "1" Then
            Label1.Text = "Share your happiness!"
        Else
            Label1.Text = "Be happy!"
        End If
        Label1.BorderColor = Drawing.Color.BurlyWood
        Label1.BorderWidth = 4
    End Sub
 
 </script>
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head runat="server">
    <title>ToolTip Property of a Web Control</title>
</head>
<body>
  
 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
    <h3>ToolTip Property of a Web Control</h3>
    <p>Don't know which button to click?<br />
        Move the mouse pointer over the buttons to find out!
    </p>

    <p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn1" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
            Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="1"
            ToolTip="Click me if you are happy" runat="server"/>
    </p>

    <p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn2" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click" 
            Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="2"
            ToolTip="Click me if you are sad." runat="server"/>
    </p>

    <asp:Label id="Label1" Font-size="24pt" Font-Bold="True" 
        BackColor="Yellow" runat="server"/>

 </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

Use the ToolTip property to specify the custom text that is displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control.

Note

This property is rendered for all browsers. However, only Microsoft Internet Explorer will display this property as a ToolTip. All other browsers will ignore this property.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and Globalization and Localization.

Applies to

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