Question

To fullfill a requirement I have to show a tooltip manually for 30 seconds. According to msdn I just have to use the “Show” method.

toolTip.Show(QuestionHelpText, btnHelp, 30000);

But I only get the standard tooltip behavior, meaning that the message appears half a second after my click (only because the mouse pointer is still over the button). I tried some variations like

toolTip.Show(QuestionHelpText, btnHelp);

but still, nothing happens.

Does anybody have an idea why that is?

Thanks

Answer 1

I know a simple workaround

Put a lable (let’s name it labelHelp) with empty text near your button

The following code should work

    private void btnHelp_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        toolTip.Show(QuestionHelpText, labelHelp, 3000);
    }