Question

I am using the library using System.Web.UI.WebControls; to extract data from a SQL table and put them as the listitem. However, when the user hovers over the item, it should display the text (the text of the listitem the cursor is hovering). I read that you need to use the System.Windows.Forms; library but I don’t know how that will work with populating the listbox with sql rows.

Someone help me how to populate a listbox from an sql table and use the mouseover event to display the listitem text?

I’m using C#, asp.net and visual studio (sql manangemetn 2005).

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Edit ondatabound

protected void test123(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
    foreach (ListItem item in lstService.Items) 
    { 
        item.Attributes.Add("title", item.Value); 
    } 
}

Answer 1

You don’t need to use any controls; just add the standard HTML attribute title to your list item, and that will display the tooltip / mouseover popup.

<asp:ListBox ID="mylist" runat="server">
    <asp:ListItem Text="item1" Value="value1" title="tooltip here" />
</asp:ListBox>

To bind them to a data value, you could either extend the ListBox class, or just iterate over the items in the OnDataBound event:

foreach (ListItem item in mylist.Items) item.Attributes.Add(title, item.Value);