RadPane Header Tooltip from code behind

[Dean Wyant]

I am using abreviated text for the Header/Title and I am trying to set the tooltip for the Header and the tab to the complete text.

I know the TitleTemplate, HeaderTemplate can be used to add tooltips for the title bar and tabs using xaml. However, I need to set tooltips in C# code.

I can add a tooltip to the tab in code behind by

ToolTipService

 

 

.SetToolTip(MyRadPane, Tip);

 

I cannot find a DependencyObject (PaneHeader?) that I can access to set a tooltip for the Header text area.

How do I add a tooltip to the title bar Header text area from code behind?

[Konstantina]

Hello Dean,

You could set the template of the header in code behind and add there the tooltip. In that way you will be able to
set the ToolTip in code behind.

Hope this information helps.

All the best,
Konstantina
the Telerik team

[Dean Wyant]

I know I can set the tooltip in a template like so: 

The resource is:

 

 

<DataTemplate x:Key="MyTabTemplate">

 

 

 

<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding}" Margin="2,0,0,0" >

 

 

 

<ToolTipService.ToolTip>

 

 

 

<ToolTip Content="{Binding}"></ToolTip>

 

 

 

</ToolTipService.ToolTip>

 

 

 

</ContentPresenter>

 

 

 

</DataTemplate>

 

Code:
HeaderTemplate = ((MainPage)App.Current.RootVisual).Resources["MyTabTemplate"] as DataTemplate;

More code:
string sTip = "My Tooltip is dynamic: " + dynamicTip;

ToolTipService

 

 

.SetToolTip(this, sTip); // Sets the tab tooltip
ToolTipService.SetToolTip(?, sTip); // How do I set the header tooltip????

>>>that way you will be able to
set the ToolTip in code behind.

How???

Thanks.

 

[Konstantina]

Hi Dean,

Setting the tooltip from code behind is very difficult task. Instead I can suggest you the following solution:
- using the MVVM approach define a property for the content of the ToolTip or for the Text property of a TextBlock in the Tooltip.
- define both HeaderTemplate and TitleTemplate in XAML and add there the ToolTip.
- when you need to change the value of the Tooltip just change the properties in the ViewModel instead of the DataTemplates themselves.

Best wishes,
Konstantina
the Telerik team

[Dean Wyant]

Unfortunately, I do not know how to do that.

[Konstantina]

Hi Dean,

Please find attached a sample project in which this is illustrated.

Hope this helps.

Greetings,
Konstantina
the Telerik team