No delay with ControlTip Text (the tool tip that appears when you hover your mouse)

[smercer]

Hi all

1) Is there a way to remove or adjust the delay that the control tip text appears? (this is for when you hover your mouse over a button you get a tool tip)

2) Is it possible to insert a picture or have picture appear when the tooltip appears?

3) is it possible to use html or bold tags to format tooltips(or similar)?

Thanks to all in advance!!

 

[ghudson]

I believe that the answer to all three questions is no.

I sometimes use a custom label and set its caption to what ever I want for when the mouse is moved over an object. You have to use the mouse move event for each object that you want this to work for. You also have to reset the caption to "" in the mouse move event of the forms detail section.

For a visual, check out this old thread for where I have a posted sample.
mouseoverpopups.zip

 

[vgpaccess]

I struggled with this - making it more complex than it had to be. This simple code seems to work for me. Have fun!

'Event on command button
Private Sub cmdRefreshList_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Me.lblHelp1.Visible = True
End Sub

'Event on Detail section of Form
Private Sub Detail_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Me.lblHelp1.Visible = True Then
Me.lblHelp1.Visible = False
End If
End Sub