Skybound VisualTips

VisualTipProvider Members

VisualTipProvider overview

Public Static (Shared) Properties

TrackedTip Gets the VisualTip which is currently being tracked.

Public Static (Shared) Methods

HideTrackedTip Hides the tip which is currently being tracked, if it exists.
SetExtender Sets the IVisualTipExtender which is used for controls of a given type.
ShowNotifyTipOverloaded. Displays a balloon notification tip for the specified Control with no icon, using the default location and display options.

Public Instance Constructors

VisualTipProvider Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the VisualTipProvider class.

Public Instance Properties

AccessKey Gets or sets the keyboard shortcut that may be pressed to raise the AccessKeyPressed event when a tip is displayed.
Animation Gets or sets a value that determines if and how a VisualTip is animated when it is displayed.
Container (inherited from Component) Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.
DisabledMessage Gets or sets the message written in bold above the text when the control is disabled.
DisplayAtMousePosition Gets or sets whether VisualTips are displayed at the current mouse position (true) or so as not to overlap to tool area (false).
DisplayMode Gets or sets a value that determines when a visual tip is displayed.
DisplayPosition Gets or sets a value that determines where a visual tip is displayed in relation to the tool area.
FooterImage Gets or sets the default image displayed beside the footer text on a VisualTip.
FooterText Gets or sets the default footer text on a VisualTip.
InitialDelay Gets or sets the amount of time which passes, in milliseconds, before a tip is displayed.
IsTipDisplayed Gets a value to indicate whether a tip is being displayed by the current VisualTipProvider.
MaximumWidth Gets or sets the maximum width of a VisualTip. Text which would cause a tip to be wider than this value is word-wrapped.
Opacity Gets or sets the opacity level of a VisualTip, ranging from 0 (transparent) to 1 (opaque).
Renderer Gets or sets the VisualTipRenderer used to draw and measure a tip.
ReshowDelay Gets or sets the amount of time which must pass, in milliseconds, before a tip is displayed when the mouse is moved from one component to another.
Shadow Gets or sets a value that determines whether a visual tip has a shadow.
ShowAlways Gets or sets whether VisualTips are displayed even when the form does not have the input focus.
Site Overrides Site.
TitleImage Gets or sets the default image displayed beside the title of a visual tip which does not have another image assigned.

Public Instance Methods

CanExtend Returns a value that indicates whether the specified object can be extended by this component.
CreateObjRef (inherited from MarshalByRefObject)Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object.
Dispose (inherited from Component)Overloaded. Releases all resources used by the Component.
Equals (inherited from Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object)Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
GetLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject)Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance.
GetType (inherited from Object)Gets the Type of the current instance.
GetVisualTip Returns the VisualTip associated with a specified component.
HideTip Hides the tip displayed by the current VisualTipProvider, if any.
InitializeLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance.
SetVisualTip Sets the VisualTip displayed when the mouse hovers over a given Control.
ShowTipOverloaded. Displays the visual tip associated with a given Control specifying additional options.
ToString (inherited from Component) 

Public Instance Events

AccessKeyPressedOccurs when the access key is pressed for a VisualTip.
DisplayModeChangedOccurs when the value of the DisplayMode property is changed.
DisplayPositionChangedOccurs when the value of the DisplayPosition property is changed.
Disposed (inherited from Component)Adds an event handler to listen to the Disposed event on the component.
RendererChangedOccurs when the value of the Renderer property is changed.
TipPopupOccurs before a VisualTip is displayed.

Protected Instance Properties

DesignMode (inherited from Component) Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode.
Events (inherited from Component)Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component.

Protected Instance Methods

DisposeOverloaded. Releases all allocated resources.
Finalize (inherited from Component)Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection.
GetService (inherited from Component) Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object)Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
OnAccessKeyPressedRaises the AccessKeyPressed event.
OnDisplayModeChangedRaises the DisplayModeChanged event.
OnDisplayPositionChangedRaises the DisplayPositionChanged event.
OnRendererChangedRaises the RendererChanged event.
OnTipPopupRaises the TipPopup event.

See Also

VisualTipProvider Class | Skybound.VisualTips Namespace