Showing a tooltip for a MenuItem

Question

I\'ve got a menu that contains, among other things, some most-recently-used file paths. The paths to these files can be long, so the text sometimes gets clipped like \"C:\\

Answer 1

There is an article on CodeProject that implements a derived version of ToolStrip with custom tool tip support. This could be useful in situations where the default tool tip support is not flexible enough. http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/376643/ToolStrip-with-custom-ToolTip

Answer 2

Tooltip is set manually by:

testToolStripMenuItem2.ToolTipText = "My tooltip text";

The MenuItem can for example be part of this menu constellation: a menu strip with a menu item and a sub menu item. (This plumbing code is generated automatically for you in the code behind designer file if you use visual studio)

MenuStrip menuStrip1;    
ToolStripMenuItem testToolStripMenuItem; // Menu item on menu bar
menuStrip1.Items.Add(testToolStripMenuItem);

ToolStripMenuItem testToolStripMenuItem2; // Sub menu item
testToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Add(testToolStripMenuItem2)

Answer 3

If you are creating your menu items using the System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem class you won't have a "ToolTipText" property.

You should use the System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem class which is new as of .Net Framework 2.0 and DOES include the "ToolTipText" property.

You also have to remember to specify ShowItemToolTips = True on the MenuStrip control

Answer 4

On the MenusTrip set "ShowItemToolTips = True" and on the ToolStripMenuItem set your ToolTipText

yourMenuStrip.ShowItemToolTips = true;
yourToolStripMenuItem.ToolTipText = "some txt";

Answer 5

May be that I misunderstood you problem, but why do you need to use the Tooltip class? You can assign your text to the ToolTipText property and it will be shown to the user.

Answer 6

Maybe you forgot to associate the tooltip with the control using SetToolTip.