IToolTipProvider.ShowToolTip Method (ITrackingSpan, Object, PopupStyles)

Creates and displays a tooltip.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Adornments
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub ShowToolTip ( _
    span As ITrackingSpan, _
    toolTipContent As Object, _
    style As PopupStyles _
)

void ShowToolTip(
    ITrackingSpan span,
    Object toolTipContent,
    PopupStyles style
)

void ShowToolTip(
    ITrackingSpan^ span, 
    Object^ toolTipContent, 
    PopupStyles style
)

abstract ShowToolTip : 
        span:ITrackingSpan * 
        toolTipContent:Object * 
        style:PopupStyles -> unit

function ShowToolTip(
    span : ITrackingSpan, 
    toolTipContent : Object, 
    style : PopupStyles
)

Parameters

• span
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.ITrackingSpan

  The range of text for which the tooltip is relevant.

• toolTipContent
  Type: Object

  The content to be displayed in the tooltip. This must be a string or UIElement to be used by the WPF tooltip adornment surface.

• style
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Adornments.PopupStyles

  PopupStyles for the tooltip.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

IToolTipProvider Interface

ShowToolTip Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Adornments Namespace