Question

I’m new to C# and WinForms so please excuse me is this is a bit of a newbie question.

I’m trying to add a tooltip to my TrackBar control which shows the current value of the bar as you drag it. I’ve instantiated a ToolTip object and tried the following handler code but it doesn’t show any tooltip:

private void trackBar1_Scroll(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   toolTip1.SetToolTip(trackBar1, trackBar1.Value.ToString());
}

Answer 1

Adam I’ve just implemented a very simple version of this and it works exactly as expected…

Here’s the init code for comparison

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
        this.toolTip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip(this.components);
        this.trackBar1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TrackBar();
        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.trackBar1)).BeginInit();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // trackBar1
        // 
        this.trackBar1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 166);
        this.trackBar1.Name = "trackBar1";
        this.trackBar1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(268, 42);
        this.trackBar1.TabIndex = 1;
        this.trackBar1.Scroll += new System.EventHandler(this.trackBar1_Scroll);
        // 
        // Form1
        // 
        this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
        this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
        this.Controls.Add(this.trackBar1);
        this.Name = "Form1";
        this.Text = "Form1";
        ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.trackBar1)).EndInit();
        this.ResumeLayout(false);
        this.PerformLayout();

    }

    private void trackBar1_Scroll(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        toolTip1.SetToolTip(trackBar1, trackBar1.Value.ToString());

    }

And it works as I move the ticker to each additional increment…