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Questions and answers for Controls
ToolTip.
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55. Controls ToolTip
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55.1 Can I delay the display of a ToolTip ?
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55.2 How can I use the ToolTipService properties to specify the position of a tooltip whose content is not a ToolTip object ?
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55.3 Can I use the BetweenShowDelay Property ?
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55.1 Can I delay the display of a ToolTip ?
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You can set a "ToolTipService" property that causes a brief delay before a ToolTip displays. You set the properties of the "ToolTipService" class by attaching them directly to the element that exposes the tooltip.
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[XAML]
ToolTip="Useful information goes here.">
ToolTip with delay
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55.2 How can I use the ToolTipService properties to specify the position of a tooltip whose content is not a ToolTip object ?
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The following example shows how to use the "ToolTipService" properties to specify the position of a tooltip whose content is not a ToolTip object.
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[XAML]
Fill="Gray"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
ToolTipService.InitialShowDelay="1000"
ToolTipService.ShowDuration="7000"
ToolTipService.BetweenShowDelay="2000"
ToolTipService.Placement="Right"
ToolTipService.PlacementRectangle="50,0,0,0"
ToolTipService.HorizontalOffset="10"
ToolTipService.VerticalOffset="20"
ToolTipService.HasDropShadow="false"
ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="true"
ToolTipService.IsEnabled="true"
ToolTipOpening="whenToolTipOpens"
ToolTipClosing="whenToolTipCloses"
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Uses the ToolTipService class
<BulletDecorator/>
<Ellipse.ToolTip/>
<Ellipse/>
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55.3 Can I use the BetweenShowDelay Property ?
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This example shows how to use the "BetweenShowDelay" time property so that tooltips appear quickly, with little or no delay when a user moves the mouse pointer from one tooltip to another.
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[XAML]
Fill="Gray"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
ToolTipService.InitialShowDelay="1000"
ToolTipService.ShowDuration="7000"
ToolTipService.BetweenShowDelay="2000">
PlacementRectangle="50,0,0,0"
HorizontalOffset="10"
VerticalOffset="20"
HasDropShadow="false"
Opened="whenToolTipOpens"
Closed="whenToolTipCloses"
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Uses the ToolTip Class
<BulletDecorator/>
<Ellipse.ToolTip/>
<Ellipse/>
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