TreeNode.ToolTip Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the ToolTip text for the node.

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

public string ToolTip { get; set; }

member this.ToolTip : string with get, set

Public Property ToolTip As String

Property Value

String

The ToolTip text for the node. The default is an empty string ("").

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ToolTip property to provide ToolTips for the nodes in the TreeView control.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>TreeNode ToolTip Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>TreeNode ToolTip Example</h3>
      
      <h5>Position the mouse pointer over a node.</h5>
    
      <asp:TreeView id="LinksTreeView"
        Font-Names= "Arial"
        ForeColor="Blue"
        ExpandDepth="2"
        runat="server">
         
        <LevelStyles>
        
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="10" 
            Font-Bold="true" 
            Font-Size="12pt" 
            ForeColor="DarkGreen"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="5" 
            Font-Bold="true" 
            Font-Size="10pt"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="5" 
            Font-UnderLine="true" 
            Font-Size="10pt"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="10" 
            Font-Size="8pt"/>
             
        </LevelStyles>
         
        <Nodes>
        
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Table of Contents"
            ToolTip="Table of Contents Description">
             
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Chapter One"
               ToolTip="Chapter One Description">
            
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 1.0"
                ToolTip="Section 1.0 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.2"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.3"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
              
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 1.1"
                ToolTip="Section 1.1 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.2"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.3"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.4"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
            
            </asp:TreeNode>
            
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Chapter Two"
              ToolTip="Chapter Two Description">
            
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 2.0"
                ToolTip="Section 2.0 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 2.0.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 2.0.2"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
            
            </asp:TreeNode>
            
          </asp:TreeNode>
          
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix A" 
            ToolTip="Appendix A Description"/>
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix B" 
            ToolTip="Appendix B Description"/>
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix C" 
            ToolTip="Appendix C Description"/>
        
        </Nodes>
        
      </asp:TreeView>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>TreeNode ToolTip Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>TreeNode ToolTip Example</h3>
      
      <h5>Position the mouse pointer over a node.</h5>
    
      <asp:TreeView id="LinksTreeView"
        Font-Names= "Arial"
        ForeColor="Blue"
        ExpandDepth="2"
        runat="server">
         
        <LevelStyles>
        
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="10" 
            Font-Bold="true" 
            Font-Size="12pt" 
            ForeColor="DarkGreen"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="5" 
            Font-Bold="true" 
            Font-Size="10pt"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="5" 
            Font-UnderLine="true" 
            Font-Size="10pt"/>
          <asp:TreeNodeStyle ChildNodesPadding="10" 
            Font-Size="8pt"/>
             
        </LevelStyles>
         
        <Nodes>
        
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Table of Contents"
            ToolTip="Table of Contents Description">
             
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Chapter One"
               ToolTip="Chapter One Description">
            
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 1.0"
                ToolTip="Section 1.0 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.2"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.0.3"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
              
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 1.1"
                ToolTip="Section 1.1 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.2"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.3"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 1.1.4"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
            
            </asp:TreeNode>
            
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Chapter Two"
              ToolTip="Chapter Two Description">
            
              <asp:TreeNode Text="Section 2.0"
                ToolTip="Section 2.0 Description">
              
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 2.0.1"/>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Topic 2.0.2"/>
              
              </asp:TreeNode>
            
            </asp:TreeNode>
            
          </asp:TreeNode>
          
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix A" 
            ToolTip="Appendix A Description"/>
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix B" 
            ToolTip="Appendix B Description"/>
          <asp:TreeNode Text="Appendix C" 
            ToolTip="Appendix C Description"/>
        
        </Nodes>
        
      </asp:TreeView>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the ToolTip property to specify the ToolTip text for the node. The ToolTip text is displayed when the mouse pointer is positioned over the node.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and Globalization and Localization.

Applies to

TreeNode.ToolTip Property

Definition

Property Value

Examples

Remarks

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