Gets or sets the text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control.
(in System.Web.dll)
'Usage
Dim instance As WebControl
Dim value As String
value = instance.ToolTip
instance.ToolTip = value
'Declaration
Public Overridable Property ToolTip As String
<asp:WebControl ToolTip="String" />
Use the ToolTip property to specify the custom text that is displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control.
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This property is rendered for all browsers. However, only Microsoft Internet Explorer will display this property as a ToolTip. All other browsers will ignore this property. |
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 ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.
The following example illustrates how to set the ToolTip property on the Button control, which is inherited from the WebControl base class.
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The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Page Code Model. |
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub SubmitBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
If CType(sender, Button).CommandArgument = "1" Then
Label1.Text = "Share your happiness!"
Else
Label1.Text = "Be happy!"
End If
Label1.BorderColor = Drawing.Color.BurlyWood
Label1.BorderWidth = 4
End Sub
</script>
<html >
<head runat="server">
<title>ToolTip Property of a Web Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>ToolTip Property of a Web Control</h3>
<p>Don't know which button to click?<br />
Move the mouse pointer over the buttons to find out!
</p>
<p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn1" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click"
Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="1"
ToolTip="Click me if you are happy" runat="server"/>
</p>
<p><asp:Button id="SubmitBtn2" OnClick="SubmitBtn_Click"
Text="Click Me" CommandArgument="2"
ToolTip="Click me if you are sad." runat="server"/>
</p>
<asp:Label id="Label1" Font-size="24pt" Font-Bold="True"
BackColor="Yellow" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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