ToolTipController.ShowHint(String, Point) Method

Displays a hint relative to the specified point using current ToolTipController settings

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void ShowHint(
    string toolTip,
    Point cursorPosition
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowHint(
    toolTip As String,
    cursorPosition As Point
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
toolTip	String	The text to display as a tooltip.
cursorPosition	Point	The point relative to which the tooltip should be displayed.

Remarks

The method raises the ToolTipController.BeforeShow and ToolTipController.CalcSize events before the hint is displayed.

The ShowHint method does not support flyout tooltips. Use the FlyoutPanel‘s means instead.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-combobox-show-item-tooltips/CS/WindowsApplication124/Form1.cs#L37

    string item = cmb.Properties.Items[index].ToString();
    toolTipController1.ShowHint(item, listBoxControl.PointToScreen(new Point(e.X, e.Y)));
}

VB.NET

winforms-combobox-show-item-tooltips/VB/WindowsApplication124/Form1.vb#L36

    Dim item As String = cmb.Properties.Items(index).ToString()
    toolTipController1.ShowHint(item, listBoxControl.PointToScreen(New Point(e.X, e.Y)))
End If