This section lists the control styles used with ToolTip controls.

Constants

TTS_ALWAYSTIP 

Indicates that the ToolTip control appears when the cursor is on a tool, even if the ToolTip control's owner window is inactive. Without this style, the ToolTip appears only when the tool's owner window is active.

TTS_BALLOON 

Version 5.80. Indicates that the ToolTip control has the appearance of a cartoon "balloon," with rounded corners and a stem pointing to the item.

TTS_CLOSE 

Displays a Close button on the ToolTip. Valid only when the ToolTip has the TTS_BALLOON style and a title; see TTM_SETTITLE.

TTS_NOANIMATE 

Version 5.80. Disables sliding ToolTip animation on Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows 2000 systems. This style is ignored on earlier systems.

TTS_NOFADE 

Version 5.80. Disables fading ToolTip animation on Windows 2000 systems. This style is ignored on earlier Microsoft Windows NT systems, and on Windows 95 and Windows 98.

TTS_NOPREFIX 

Prevents the system from stripping ampersand characters from a string or terminating a string at a tab character. Without this style, the system automatically strips ampersand characters and terminates a string at the first tab character. This allows an application to use the same string as both a menu item and as text in a ToolTip control.

TTS_USEVISUALSTYLE 

Uses themed hyperlinks. The theme will define the styles for any links in the ToolTip. This style always requires TTF_PARSELINKS to be set.

Remarks

A ToolTip control always has the WS_POPUP and WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window styles, regardless of whether you specify them when creating the control.