Question

I am adding columns to a datagrid view using a variable

UserVGrid.Columns.Add(newline[1], newline[1]);

Which works fine, but I don’t seem to be able to work out how to add a tooltip for when I hover over the column description.

I want some thing like

UserVGrid.newline[1].tooltip = "some text in here"

But this is not allowed, can any one tell me the right code for it?

regards

Aaron (DEvilWAH)

Answer 1

You need to set ToolTipText. It is a property of the DataGridViewColumn.

This is one possible solution:

DataGridViewColumn newColumn = new DataGridViewColumn();
newColumn.Name = newline[1];
newColumn.HeaderText = newline[1];
newColumn.ToolTipText = "some text in here";

UserVGrid.Columns.Add(newColumn);

Alternatively, you can refer to the column after it has been added to set the ToolTipText property:

int newColIdx = UserVGrid.Columns.Add(newline[1], newline[1]);
UserVGrid.Columns[newColIdx].ToolTipText = "some text in here";