Using the <i class="emphasis">ToolTip</i> Class

Using the ToolTip Class

As discussed in the In Depth section of this chapter, tool tips are those windows that display explanatory text when the mouse hovers over a control or form, as you see in Figure 8.6. Here is the class hierarchy of the ToolTip class:

Object
   MarshalByRefObject
      Component
         ToolTip

You can find the more notable public properties of the ToolTip class in Table 8.19 and the more notable methods in Table 8.20.

Table 8.19: Noteworthy public properties of *ToolTip* objects.
Event	Means
Active	Gets/sets if the tool tip control is active.
AutomaticDelay	Gets/sets the time (in milliseconds) before the tool tip appears.
InitialDelay	Gets/sets the starting delay for the tool tip.
ShowAlways	Gets/sets whether the tool tip should appear when its parent control is not active.

Table 8.20: Noteworthy public events of *ToolTip* objects.
Event	Means
GetToolTip	Returns the tool tip text.
SetToolTip	Connects tool tip text with the tool tip.