DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs.ToolTipText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the ToolTip text.

public:
 property System::String ^ ToolTipText { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string? ToolTipText { get; set; }

member this.ToolTipText : string with get, set

Public Property ToolTipText As String

Property Value

String

The current ToolTip text.

Examples

The following code example sets the ToolTipText property depending on which cell the cursor is over. In this example, the ToolTipText is filled with information from hidden columns in the DataGridView.

void dataGridView1_CellToolTipTextNeeded(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs e)
{
    string newLine = Environment.NewLine;
    if (e.RowIndex > -1)
    {
        DataGridViewRow dataGridViewRow1 = dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex];

        // Add the employee's ID to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText = String.Format("EmployeeID {0}:{1}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["EmployeeID"].Value, newLine);

        // Add the employee's name to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0} {1} {2}{3}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["TitleOfCourtesy"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["FirstName"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["LastName"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine);

        // Add the employee's title to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Title"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, newLine);

        // Add the employee's contact information to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}, ",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Address"].Value.ToString(), newLine,
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["City"].Value.ToString());
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Region"].Value.ToString()))
        {
            e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, ",
                dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Region"].Value.ToString());
        }
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, {1}{2}{3} EXT:{4}{5}{6}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Country"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["PostalCode"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, dataGridViewRow1.Cells["HomePhone"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Extension"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, newLine);

        // Add employee information to the ToolTipText.
        DateTime HireDate =
            (DateTime)dataGridViewRow1.Cells["HireDate"].Value;
        e.ToolTipText +=
            String.Format("Employee since: {0}/{1}/{2}{3}Manager: {4}",
            HireDate.Month.ToString(), HireDate.Day.ToString(),
            HireDate.Year.ToString(), newLine,
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Manager"].Value.ToString());
    }
}

Public Sub dataGridView1_CellToolTipTextNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.CellToolTipTextNeeded

    Dim newLine As String = Environment.NewLine
    If e.RowIndex > -1 Then
        Dim dataGridViewRow1 As DataGridViewRow = _
        dataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex)

        ' Add the employee's ID to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText = String.Format("EmployeeID {0}: {1}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("EmployeeID").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine)

        ' Add the employee's name to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0} {1} {2} {3}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("TitleOfCourtesy").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("FirstName").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("LastName").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine)

        ' Add the employee's title to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Title").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, newLine)

        ' Add the employee's contact information to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}, ", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Address").Value.ToString(), newLine, _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("City").Value.ToString())
        If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty( _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Region").Value.ToString())

            e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, ", _
               dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Region").Value.ToString())
        End If
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, {1}{2}{3} EXT:{4}{5}{6}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Country").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("PostalCode").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("HomePhone").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Extension").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, newLine)

        ' Add employee information to the ToolTipText.
        Dim HireDate As DateTime = _
            CType(dataGridViewRow1.Cells("HireDate").Value, DateTime)
        e.ToolTipText += _
            String.Format("Employee since: {0}/{1}/{2}{3}Manager: {4}", _
                HireDate.Month.ToString(), HireDate.Day.ToString(), _
                HireDate.Year.ToString(), newLine, _
                dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Manager").Value.ToString())
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

This property initially contains the value of the DataGridViewCell.ToolTipText property if it has been set for a cell.

See also

• DataGridView
• CellToolTipTextNeeded
• ShowCellToolTips
• ToolTipText