Being Pedantic - Do you use balloon tooltip?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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The standard tooltip is a rectangle, so the tool tip for the control can be misleading. While, the balloon tooltip has an arrow pointing to the destination control, which is clearer for users.

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❌ Figure: Standard tooltip.

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✅ Figure: Balloon tooltip.

To implement you can:

  1. Set the standard Tooltip's property IsBalloon true or
  2. Use EdwardForgacs' balloon tooltip control.
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