DataGridView.CellToolTipTextNeeded Event

public:
 event System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler ^ CellToolTipTextNeeded;

public event System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler CellToolTipTextNeeded;

public event System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler? CellToolTipTextNeeded;

member this.CellToolTipTextNeeded : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler 

Public Custom Event CellToolTipTextNeeded As DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler 

Event Type

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use a CellToolTipTextNeeded event handler to display information from hidden columns in a data-bound DataGridView control.

void dataGridView1_CellToolTipTextNeeded(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs e)
{
    string newLine = Environment.NewLine;
    if (e.RowIndex > -1)
    {
        DataGridViewRow dataGridViewRow1 = dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex];

        // Add the employee's ID to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText = String.Format("EmployeeID {0}:{1}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["EmployeeID"].Value, newLine);

        // Add the employee's name to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0} {1} {2}{3}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["TitleOfCourtesy"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["FirstName"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["LastName"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine);

        // Add the employee's title to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Title"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, newLine);

        // Add the employee's contact information to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}, ",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Address"].Value.ToString(), newLine,
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["City"].Value.ToString());
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Region"].Value.ToString()))
        {
            e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, ",
                dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Region"].Value.ToString());
        }
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, {1}{2}{3} EXT:{4}{5}{6}",
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Country"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["PostalCode"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, dataGridViewRow1.Cells["HomePhone"].Value.ToString(),
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Extension"].Value.ToString(),
            newLine, newLine);

        // Add employee information to the ToolTipText.
        DateTime HireDate =
            (DateTime)dataGridViewRow1.Cells["HireDate"].Value;
        e.ToolTipText +=
            String.Format("Employee since: {0}/{1}/{2}{3}Manager: {4}",
            HireDate.Month.ToString(), HireDate.Day.ToString(),
            HireDate.Year.ToString(), newLine,
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells["Manager"].Value.ToString());
    }
}

Public Sub dataGridView1_CellToolTipTextNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.CellToolTipTextNeeded

    Dim newLine As String = Environment.NewLine
    If e.RowIndex > -1 Then
        Dim dataGridViewRow1 As DataGridViewRow = _
        dataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex)

        ' Add the employee's ID to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText = String.Format("EmployeeID {0}: {1}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("EmployeeID").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine)

        ' Add the employee's name to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0} {1} {2} {3}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("TitleOfCourtesy").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("FirstName").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("LastName").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine)

        ' Add the employee's title to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Title").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, newLine)

        ' Add the employee's contact information to the ToolTipText.
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}{1}{2}, ", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Address").Value.ToString(), newLine, _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("City").Value.ToString())
        If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty( _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Region").Value.ToString())

            e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, ", _
               dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Region").Value.ToString())
        End If
        e.ToolTipText += String.Format("{0}, {1}{2}{3} EXT:{4}{5}{6}", _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Country").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("PostalCode").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("HomePhone").Value.ToString(), _
            dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Extension").Value.ToString(), _
            newLine, newLine)

        ' Add employee information to the ToolTipText.
        Dim HireDate As DateTime = _
            CType(dataGridViewRow1.Cells("HireDate").Value, DateTime)
        e.ToolTipText += _
            String.Format("Employee since: {0}/{1}/{2}{3}Manager: {4}", _
                HireDate.Month.ToString(), HireDate.Day.ToString(), _
                HireDate.Year.ToString(), newLine, _
                dataGridViewRow1.Cells("Manager").Value.ToString())
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

The CellToolTipTextNeeded event occurs only when the DataGridView control DataSource property is set or its VirtualMode property is true.

When you handle the CellToolTipTextNeeded event, the ToolTip text you specify in the handler is shown if the ShowCellToolTips property value is true and the mouse pointer is over the cell or the user navigates to the cell using the keyboard. The CellToolTipTextNeeded event is useful when you want to display ToolTips determined by the current state or value of a cell.

The CellToolTipTextNeeded event also occurs whenever the value of the DataGridViewCell.ToolTipText property is retrieved, either programmatically or when the user navigates to the cell with the mouse or keyboard.

You can use the DataGridViewCellEventArgs.ColumnIndex and RowIndex properties to determine the state or value of a cell, and use this information to change or modify the DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs.ToolTipText property. This property is initialized with the value of the cell ToolTipText property, which the event value overrides.

Handle the CellToolTipTextNeeded event when working with large amounts of data to avoid the performance penalties of setting the cell ToolTipText value for multiple cells. For more information, see Best Practices for Scaling the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

See also

• DataSource
• VirtualMode
• ShowCellToolTips
• DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler
• DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs
• ToolTipText
• ToolTipText
• OnCellToolTipTextNeeded(DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventArgs)
• DataGridView Control (Windows Forms)