RibbonCustomItem.ToolTip Property

Gets or sets the ribbon custom item’s tooltip. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.WinUI.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.WinUI.Ribbon.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.WinUI

Declaration

C#

[DP(null, Handler = "OnToolTipChanged")]
public object ToolTip { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DP(Nothing, Handler:="OnToolTipChanged")>
Public Property ToolTip As Object

Property Value

Type	Description
Object	The ribbon button’s tooltip.

Remarks

The default tooptip text of a ribbon item is equal to the item’s content:

Display a Custom ToolTip

Pass an object to the ToolTip property to display a custom tooltip:

XAML

<Window ... 
    xmlns:dxr="using:DevExpress.WinUI.Ribbon"
    xmlns:dxc="using:DevExpress.WinUI.Core">
    <Grid>
        <dxr:RibbonControl>
            <dxr:RibbonControl.Tabs>
                <dxr:RibbonTab Caption="Home">
                    <dxr:RibbonGroup Caption="File">
                         <dxr:RibbonCustomItem ItemType="Large" ToolTipTitle="Font Settings">
                            <!-- ... -->
                            <dxr:RibbonCustomItem.ToolTip>
                                <Grid>
                                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                                        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                                        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                    <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Padding="0,5,0,10">
                                        <Bold>Font Settings</Bold>
                                    </TextBlock>
                                    <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="WrapWholeWords">
                                        This section allows you to specify the following font properties:
                                    </TextBlock>
                                    <StackPanel Grid.Row="2">
                                        <TextBlock Text="• Font family"/>
                                        <TextBlock Text="• Style (bold, italic, underlined)"/>
                                        <TextBlock Text="• Alignment (left, center, right)"/>
                                    </StackPanel>
                                </Grid>
                            </dxr:RibbonCustomItem.ToolTip>
                        </dxr:RibbonCustomItem>
                    </dxr:RibbonGroup>
              </dxr:RibbonTab>
            </dxr:RibbonControl.Tabs>
            <!-- ... -->
        </dxr:RibbonControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>