Establishing Tooltips

Silverlight controls can be configured to support tooltips. To do so, you must set the
ToolTipService.ToolTip property. The nested <ToolTip> type supports the Silverlight content model,
therefore your tooltip can be anything you desire. Consider the following markup.


<UserControl x:Class="SL_Controls.Page"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
 Width="400" Height="300">

 <Canvas x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
    <!-- A button with a simple ToolTip. -->
    <Button x:Name="button1" Canvas.Top="40" Canvas.Left="20"
           Content="Button with a simple ToolTip."
            ToolTipService.ToolTip="Simple ToolTip" />

   <!-- A TextBlock with an complex / offset ToolTip. -->
    <TextBlock Text="TextBlock with an offset ToolTip."
              Canvas.Top="90" Canvas.Left="20" >
     <ToolTipService.ToolTip >
        <ToolTip HorizontalOffset="10" VerticalOffset="10">
         <ToolTip.Content>
           <StackPanel>
             <TextBlock Text="Cool!"/>
             <Rectangle Fill="Green" Height="30"/>
           </StackPanel>
         </ToolTip.Content>
       </ToolTip>
      </ToolTipService.ToolTip>
    </TextBlock>
 </Canvas>
</UserControl>
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