TcxHintStyle Class
Stores hint style settings.
#Declaration
TcxHintStyle = class(
TcxCustomHintStyle,
IcxHint
)
#Remarks
The TcxHintStyle
class implements appearance settings for advanced hints that the TcxHintStyleController component allows you to display.
#Main API Members
The list below outlines key members of the TcxHintStyle
class. These members allow you to configure appearance and behavior settings of all advanced hints in the application.
#Appearance Settings
- BorderColor | Color
- Specify border and background colors for hints.
- CallOutPosition
- Allows you to display a callout beak for a hint and switch between available callout beak positions.
- CaptionFont | Font
- Specify font settings for hints.
- IconType | IconSize
- Allow you to display a predefined or custom icon in a hint and adjust icon size.
- Icon
Allows you to load a custom image and display it in a hint.
Tip
You can use any custom image or an icon from the DevExpress Icon Library.
- Rounded | RoundRadius
- Enable rounded corners for hints and allow you to adjust the radius of rounded corners.
#Animation Settings
- Animate
- Specifies if hint display animation is enabled.
- AnimationDelay
- Allows you to adjust animation speed.
#General-Purpose API Members
- Assign
- Copies settings between hint style controllers.
- BeginUpdate | EndUpdate
- Allow you to avoid excessive redraw operations during batch hint style setting changes.
- RestoreDefaults
- Resets all hint style settings to their default values.
- Standard
Specifies if the parent hint style controller decorates hints in the application. If this property is enabled, all hint style settings accessible through a
TcxHintStyle
object have no effect.You can set this property to
True
orFalse
(default) to switch between standard and advanced hints in the application.
#Indirect TcxHintStyle Class Reference
The TcxCustomHintStyleController.HintStyle property references the TcxHintStyle
as a TcxCustomHintStyle object if the hint style controller component’s HintStyleClassName property is set to 'TcxHintStyle'
.
Tip
You need to cast the TcxTcx
class to access all public API members when the hint controller uses the advanced hint style (default). Call the Hint
.Class