Show ToolTipText for ButtonTool in UltraToolbarsManager

Hi there,

I am trying to show a ToolTip on a ButtonTool. So I add the ButtonTool to the Tools of the Toolbar like

toolBase = ultraToolbarsManager1.Toolbars[0].Tools.AddTool(“SOMEKEY”);

I ensure ToolTips are showing with:

ultraToolbarsManager1.ShowToolTips = true;
ultraToolbarsManager1.ToolTipDisplayStyle = Infragistics.Win.UltraWinToolbars.ToolTipDisplayStyle.Formatted;

And set the ToolTipText of the Button with

toolBase.SharedProps.ToolTipText = “SOME TEXT”;

The Property ShouldDisplayToolTip is still false. On which properties the depends. What do I have to do to show the ToolTip of the ButtonTool. And can it be displayed when the ButtonTool.SharedProps.Enabled = false?

Hi Gavin,

The tooltip should work out of the box, including when it’s disabled.

I attached a sample here that shows how I set this up. The sample has two buttons: one added through the designer and one added in code. Please take a look at the sample and compare it to your project.

Attachments:

1. ButtonToolToolTip.zip

Hi Mike,

I tried the example and it works. I do have exactly the same settings like you, but I got a style for the controls. Is it possible that something like that destroys the tooltip?

Hi, 

I forgot to mention that the ButtonControl is inside a PopupMenuTool. If this is important

Hello Gavin,

In order for tooltips to be displayed for child tools of PopupMenus, the ShowToolTips property needs to be set to True on either the UltraToolbarsManager's MenuSettings or each individual PopupMenu's Settings object. This should get your tooltips showing appropriately.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Chris

Hi,

so I managed to show the tooltips for the ButtonTools with:

PopupMenuTool popUp = new PopupMenuTool("SOMEKEY");
popUp.Settings.ShowToolTips = DefaultableBoolean.True;

The last question now is, how to disable all the default tooltips for each ButtonTool

I tried to set ToolTipDisplayStyle in the UltraToolBarsManager as suggested in 

http://www.infragistics.com/community/forums/t/63466.aspx

But no ToolTip is displayed anymore 

 

Hi Gavin.

Do you want to turn off tooltips on all disabled tools or only ButtonTools? If it is for all tools, the simplest solution would be to handle the UltraToolbarsManager's MouseEnterElement event, and set the ShowTooltips properties (on the UltraToolbarsManager and MenuSettings) based on e.Element.Enabled. This would require you to use the MenuSettings on the UltraToolbarsManager instead of the Settings on each individual PopupMenuTool:

private void ultraToolbarsManager1_MouseEnterElement(object sender, UIElementEventArgs e)
{

this.ultraToolbarsManager1.ShowToolTips = e.Element.Enabled;

this.ultraToolbarsManager1.MenuSettings.ShowToolTips = e.Element.Enabled ? DefaultableBoolean.True : DefaultableBoolean.False;

}

If you only want to do this for ButtonTools, it gets a bit more complex. Let me know if this is the case, and I'll work on the more complex solution.

Thanks,

Chris

Hi, 

I tried like you suggested but the result is not fulfilling my expectations.

The popUpMenueTools which are created dynamically

PopupMenuTool popUp = new PopupMenuTool(row.CHILDID.ToString());
popUp.Settings.ShowToolTips = DefaultableBoolean.True;

The ultraToolBarManager 

ultraToolbarsManager1.ShowToolTips = true;
ultraToolbarsManager1.ToolTipDisplayStyle = Infragistics.Win.UltraWinToolbars.ToolTipDisplayStyle.Formatted;

The Event as you suggested

private void ultraToolbarsManager1_MouseEnterElement(object sender, UIElementEventArgs e)
{
DefaultableBoolean result = e.Element.Enabled ? DefaultableBoolean.False : DefaultableBoolean.True;
this.ultraToolbarsManager1.ShowToolTips = !e.Element.Enabled;
this.ultraToolbarsManager1.MenuSettings.ShowToolTips = result;
if (e.Element.Enabled)
e.Element.ToolTipItem = null;
}

 

The tooltips are still displayed when the ButtonTools are allowed. Also i found that opening a popupmenu with a disabled tooltip the tooötip first is not displayed until i enter it after I entered an allowed one in the same PopUp menu. 

And yeah I want this just only for ButtonTools because I do not have any other tools in the toolbar. Thanks in advance