RadButton ButtonElement and Screen Tip

[Richard Slade]

Hi,

I was wondering why the ButtonElement of the RadButton is not available through the designer. I see that rootElement is, but if I add a screen tip to that, then the screen tip doesn't show, which is quite confusing.

I've had to add a shared method to our controls project to allow us to add screen tips to buttons like so..

    Public Shared Sub AddScreenTip(ByVal button As RadButton, ByVal headerText As String, ByVal bodyText As String)
        If Not button.ButtonElement.ScreenTip Is Nothing Then
            button.ButtonElement.ScreenTip.Items.Clear()
        End If
        Dim Tip As New RadOffice2007ScreenTipElement()
        Tip.CaptionLabel.Text = headerText
        Tip.MainTextLabel.Text = bodyText
        button.ButtonElement.ScreenTip = Tip
    End Sub

It seems strange to have to add screen tips this way. Could a Screen Tip interface be added to the RadButton at it's root level please?
Thanks

Richard

[Martin Vasilev]

Hi Richard Slade,

Thank you for writing. Actually, you can set screen tip in the designer by accessing RadButtonElement through Edit UI elements item in the smart tag of the RadButton. Nevertheless, we will consider to make an easier way about adding the screen tip to the RadButton. I have updated your Telerik points for bringing our attention to this. Write me back if you have other questions. 

All the best,
Martin Vasilev
the Telerik team

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[Richard Slade]

OK, thanks for your reply.
Richard