tooltips in a listview

[dynamic_sysop]

hi does anyone know how to put a tooltip on a listview item? i've tried this...

      Dim tp As New ToolTip()
       With ListView1
           .Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)
           tp.SetToolTip(ListView1, .Text)
       End With

but it does nothing:-\ and there's no direct tooltip feature on the listview control by the look of it.

cheers

[dynamic_sysop]

someone must know how to add a tooltip to an item in a listview:-\

in vb6 i'd just tell it to set the listview.listitems(i).tooltiptext

but there's no mention of tooltips in .net

[dynamic_sysop]

it's ok i sussed it , my silly mistake:-\

      Dim tp As New ToolTip()

       With ListView1
           .Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)
           tp.SetToolTip(ListView1, TextBox1.Text)
       End With
   End Sub

was using .Text before ( as in the listitem ) but obviously that was blank.

[Nerseus]

The Tooltip can also be added to a form like any other control. It will show up in the yellowy part below the form's designer. It's an Extender control so it adds properties to ALL controls on your form. If your ToolTip object is called toolTip1 (the default), your controls (in the designer) will have a new property called "ToolTip on toolTip1". You can also use the toolTip1 object in code, just as you are (toolTip1.SetToolTip(ListView1, TextBox1.Text).

 

-Nerseus