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Asked: 2026-05-18T03:49:16+00:00

I have written following xaml code: <Window x:Class=WpfApplication3.MainWindow xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation xmlns:x=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml Title=MainWindow Height=200 Width=200> <StackPanel>

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I have written following xaml code:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication3.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="200" Width="200">
    <StackPanel>
        <ListBox Name="listBox">
            <ListBoxItem Content="item1" />
            <ListBoxItem Content="item2" />
            <ListBoxItem Content="item3" />
        </ListBox>

        <TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}" ToolTip="{Binding Content}" />

        <TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}">
            <TextBlock.ToolTip>     
                <ToolTip Content="{Binding Content}"/>              
            </TextBlock.ToolTip>
        </TextBlock>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Why first tooltip always has the same text as it’s parent TextBlock and second never changes it’s content when I change selected item in listBox?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In the second example you’re setting the ToolTip of the TextBlock to be a ToolTip. So you actually set the Content of the ToolTip to be another ToolTip. These would be the same as the first.

    <TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}" ToolTip="{Binding Content}" />
<TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}"> 
    <TextBlock.ToolTip>      
        <Binding Path="Content"/>               
    </TextBlock.ToolTip>
</TextBlock>

    And these would pretty much be the same as the last

    <Window.Resources>
    <ToolTip x:Key="MyToolTip" Content="{Binding Content}"/>
</Window.Resources>

<TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}" ToolTip="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyToolTip}}" />
<TextBlock DataContext="{Binding ElementName=listBox, Path=SelectedItem}" Text="{Binding Content}"> 
    <TextBlock.ToolTip>      
        <ToolTip Content="{Binding Content}"/>               
    </TextBlock.ToolTip>
</TextBlock>
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