hi all.

how can i set a tooltip, from a tooltip control on a ToolStripButton?

the SetToolTip method expect a Control, but the ToolStripButton isn't a control...

You can't. ToolStripItem (the base class of ToolStripButton) already provides its own internal tool tip. You should set the ToolTipText property instead. Also be sure to set ShowItemToolTips on the parent strip.

Michael Taylor - 12/19/06

I am changing ToolStripButton.ToolTipText programatically in response to clicking the ToolStripButton (it toggles the value, e.g. show / hide). But, the tool tip shown only updates if I move the cursor away and then back again. If I leave the cursor where it is (over the ToolStripButton), the ToolTipText doesn't update. I've tried Invalidate() and several other hacks with no effect. Any ideas?

Sorry no ideas on how do fix that but can you or anybody help with with the following:-

How can you change the appearance of the MenuStrip tooltips to the Balloon style?

Currently they only display the rectanglar box. All the other tooltips in my application use the Balloon (as I create my own ToolTip class and use SetToolTip()) but I cant seem to get the Menu to display balloon tooltips.. Please help its drving me mad...

Point currentPosition = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position;

System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = new Point(0, 0);

System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = new Point(100, 100);

System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = currentPosition;

I move cursor to (0, 0) and then to(100, 100) to make sure that this trick works when toolstrip button is in upper left corner and current cursor position is close to (0, 0).

-- Vladimir

Ingenious! It seems to need some minimum movement to trigger an update. For instance, this works too:

System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = new Point(lastPosition.X - 70, lastPosition.Y - 70);