What is a Tooltip control and how should I use it?
A Tooltip is a tag that displays some text when an ojects Mouse Over event is triggered. This is usually a decription of the object or the action that will follow if the object is say for example clicked.Assume that there is a TextBox on a Form and we want to display a description when the mouse is over the TextBox.
Below is an example:
Private Sub Form5_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e _ As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ToolTip1.SetToolTip(TextBox1, "Enter Some text") 'using the SetToolTip method to set the tip for the TextBox and the text that should appear End Sub
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