When the mouse cursor rests on a tab or a button, a tooltip can be displayed. Once the mouse cursor is moved away, the tooltip disappears.
Tooltips are enabled using the SftTabs.ShowToolTips property. The tooltip text is defined as follows:
| Element | Tooltip Text |
|---|---|
| Tabs | The text defined using the TabClass.ToolTip property. If a tab does not define a tooltip text and its text is only partially visible or hidden, the tooltip shows the complete text of the tab. |
| Tab close buttons | The text defined using the SftTabs.TabCloseButtonToolTip property. |
| Scroll buttons | The text defined using the ScrollingClass.BackwardToolTip and ScrollingClass.ForwardToolTip properties. |
| Close, Minimize and Restore buttons | The text defined using the ButtonsClass.CloseButtonToolTip, ButtonsClass.MinimizeButtonToolTip and ButtonsClass.RestoreButtonToolTip properties. |
An application can override the tooltip contents using the ShowToolTip event, which occurs before a tooltip is shown. The application can change the tooltip text, title, icon and style, or set an empty text to show no tooltip.
The SftTabs.ToolTip property returns the control's ToolTipClass object, which defines the appearance of the tooltips, such as the tooltip style (ToolTipClass.Style property).
The ToolTipClass.ShowToolTip method displays a balloon-style tooltip at any location of the control, to bring information to the user's attention. It is unrelated to the tooltips of tabs and buttons.
See Also Tab Control Components
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