Question

I have the following piece of code:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type ribbon:Button}">
        <Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding Label}" />
</Style>

This works fine, but why doesn’t this works or what is the correct way of doing this:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type ribbon:Button}">
        <Setter Property="ToolTip">
                <Setter.Value>
                <ToolTip Content="{Binding Label}" />  
        </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
</Style>

The reason of doing the same is i wanted to change other property of Tooltips like placement etc.. which is only possible by 2nd method

Answer 1

Here’s the “long form” of the setter that you’re after:

<Setter Property="ToolTip">
    <Setter.Value>
        <Binding>
            <Binding.Path>Label</Binding.Path>
        </Binding>
    </Setter.Value>
</Setter>

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Edit #1 Actually, I tested your version and it also seems to work exactly as well. But it’s not exactly correct, because you’re setting the ToolTip’s content to be another ToolTip.

Edit #2 Set the ToolTip Placement like this:

<Setter Property="ToolTip.Placement" Value="MousePoint" />