ControlTip Text not working on any database

[Danick]

I think my Access 2010 is broken. I can not get the ControlTip Text to show anything on any database. Even a brand new database with nothing in it except a button on a form.

The Access Option in the General tab for ScreenTip style is set to "Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips" Anyone got any ideas as to how to fix it?

 

[theDBguy]

I think my Access 2010 is broken. I can not get the ControlTip Text to show anything on any database. Even a brand new database with nothing in it except a button on a form.

The Access Option in the General tab for ScreenTip style is set to "Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips" Anyone got any ideas as to how to fix it?

Hi. Can you post a sample db for us to check?

 

[isladogs]

I think my Access 2010 is broken. I can not get the ControlTip Text to show anything on any database. Even a brand new database with nothing in it except a button on a form.

The Access Option in the General tab for ScreenTip style is set to "Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips" Anyone got any ideas as to how to fix it?

Screen tips aren't the same thing as Control Tips. This explains Screen Tips

Control tips can be used with individual controls on a form. Set a control tip caption and the caption will be shown after a short delay when you move the mouse of the control. You have to set the caption yourself

Which of those did you mean?

 

[zeroaccess]

I wish control tips still worked on disabled controls.

 

[Galaxiom]

I don't think ControlTips have ever been really reliable.
Some frustrated developers have simulated them with little forms.

 

[Danick]

Hi. Can you post a sample db for us to check?

There really isnt anything for me to post as a sample. I created a brand new database with only one form and created one button on that form that doesn't do anything. Then I just added a short message in the "Control tip text" property for that button. That's it. And yet it does not display anything when I hover over the button with my mouse. Not sure when it all started, but it doesn't appear to have anything to do with any database or code. I'll try a few more things to see if I can get it start working again, but I'm thinking that maybe access needs to be repaired or reinstalled...

 

[isladogs]

I agree that control tips aren't reliable and never use them,.
They should appear but only after at least one second delay but won't do so if there are any hidden controls over the object.
In any case, the text is small and inconspicuous.

Instead I suggest using a mouse move event on each control that you want to show a tip.
The event is used to display a specified caption in a label at e.g. The bottom of the form. I use 20pt magenta coloured text so it stands out.
Recommend also clearing the text by having a mouse move event on the form detail but this time with an empty caption

 

[Danick]

Thanks for that isladogs. I may try it but I still need to figure out what's wrong with my Access program. I did some more testing and now am convinced that the Access software in my work laptop is the problem. I took the simple database that I created, saved it to a thumb drive and opened it using my personal computer and the Controltip text worked flawlessly. So it looks that my Access program is corrupted in some way, but it's strange that the Controltip text is the only part of Access that is being affected (that I know of anyway)...

 

[zeroaccess]

It's also possible that your laptop has a display driver causing the issue or some other process running that interferes with the timer. Just thinking out loud.