ToolTip::OwnerDraw Property

 

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the ToolTip is drawn by the operating system or by code that you provide.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public:
property bool OwnerDraw {
	bool get();
	[UIPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Window = UIPermissionWindow::AllWindows)]
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the ToolTip is drawn by code that you provide; false if the ToolTip is drawn by the operating system. The default is false.

Usually, a ToolTip is drawn by the operating system, but to customize the appearance of the ToolTip you can set the OwnerDraw property to true and handle the Draw event.

The IsBalloon property takes precedence over the OwnerDraw property. If both are set to true, the ToolTip will be displayed using a balloon window rather than an owner drawn window.

The following code example demonstrates how to owner draw the ToolTip. The example creates a ToolTip and associates it to three Button controls located on the Form. The example sets the OwnerDraw property to true and handles the Draw event. In the Draw event handler, the ToolTip is custom drawn differently depending upon what button the ToolTip is being displayed for as indicated by the DrawToolTipEventArgs::AssociatedControl property.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms::VisualStyles;

// Form for the ToolTip example.
public ref class ToolTipExampleForm: public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
private:
   System::Windows::Forms::ToolTip^ toolTip1;
   System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;
   System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button2;
   System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button3;

public:
   ToolTipExampleForm()
   {
      // Create the ToolTip and set initial values.
      this->toolTip1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ToolTip;
      this->toolTip1->AutoPopDelay = 5000;
      this->toolTip1->InitialDelay = 500;
      this->toolTip1->OwnerDraw = true;
      this->toolTip1->ReshowDelay = 10;
      this->toolTip1->Draw += gcnew DrawToolTipEventHandler( this, &ToolTipExampleForm::toolTip1_Draw );

      // Create button1 and set initial values.
      this->button1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button;
      this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 8, 8 );
      this->button1->Text = "Button 1";
      this->toolTip1->SetToolTip( this->button1, "Button1 tip text" );

      // Create button2 and set initial values.
      this->button2 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button;
      this->button2->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 8, 32 );
      this->button2->Text = "Button 2";
      this->toolTip1->SetToolTip( this->button2, "Button2 tip text" );

      // Create button3 and set initial values.
      this->button3 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button;
      this->button3->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 8, 56 );
      this->button3->Text = "Button 3";
      this->toolTip1->SetToolTip( this->button3, "Button3 tip text" );

      // Set up the Form.
      array<Control^>^temp0 = {this->button1,this->button2,this->button3};
      this->Controls->AddRange( temp0 );
      this->Text = "owner drawn ToolTip example";
   }

protected:

   ~ToolTipExampleForm()
   {
      if ( toolTip1 != nullptr )
      {
         delete toolTip1;
      }
   }

   // Handles drawing the ToolTip.
private:
   void toolTip1_Draw( System::Object^ /*sender*/, System::Windows::Forms::DrawToolTipEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Draw the ToolTip differently depending on which 
      // control this ToolTip is for.
      // Draw a custom 3D border if the ToolTip is for button1.
      if ( e->AssociatedControl == button1 )
      {
         // Draw the standard background.
         e->DrawBackground();

         // Draw the custom border to appear 3-dimensional.
         array<Point>^ temp1 = {Point(0,e->Bounds.Height - 1),Point(0,0),Point(e->Bounds.Width - 1,0)};
         e->Graphics->DrawLines( SystemPens::ControlLightLight, temp1 );
         array<Point>^ temp2 = {Point(0,e->Bounds.Height - 1),Point(e->Bounds.Width - 1,e->Bounds.Height - 1),Point(e->Bounds.Width - 1,0)};
         e->Graphics->DrawLines( SystemPens::ControlDarkDark, temp2 );

         // Specify custom text formatting flags.
         TextFormatFlags sf = static_cast<TextFormatFlags>(TextFormatFlags::VerticalCenter | TextFormatFlags::HorizontalCenter | TextFormatFlags::NoFullWidthCharacterBreak);

         // Draw the standard text with customized formatting options.
         e->DrawText( sf );
      }
      // Draw a custom background and text if the ToolTip is for button2.
      else

      // Draw a custom background and text if the ToolTip is for button2.
      if ( e->AssociatedControl == button2 )
      {
         // Draw the custom background.
         e->Graphics->FillRectangle( SystemBrushes::ActiveCaption, e->Bounds );

         // Draw the standard border.
         e->DrawBorder();

         // Draw the custom text.
         // The using block will dispose the StringFormat automatically.
         StringFormat^ sf = gcnew StringFormat;
         try
         {
            sf->Alignment = StringAlignment::Center;
            sf->LineAlignment = StringAlignment::Center;
            sf->HotkeyPrefix = System::Drawing::Text::HotkeyPrefix::None;
            sf->FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags::NoWrap;
            System::Drawing::Font^ f = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Tahoma",9 );
            try
            {
               e->Graphics->DrawString( e->ToolTipText, f, SystemBrushes::ActiveCaptionText, e->Bounds, sf );
            }
            finally
            {
               if ( f )
                  delete safe_cast<IDisposable^>(f);
            }

         }
         finally
         {
            if ( sf )
               delete safe_cast<IDisposable^>(sf);
         }
      }
      // Draw the ToolTip using default values if the ToolTip is for button3.
      else if ( e->AssociatedControl == button3 )
      {
         e->DrawBackground();
         e->DrawBorder();
         e->DrawText();
      }
   }
};

// The main entry point for the application.

[STAThread]
int main()
{
   Application::Run( gcnew ToolTipExampleForm );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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