Tooltip Displaying Wrong Data

[WILLIAM]

Hi Telerik team,

I'm trying to implement the tooltip for each cell in a grid.  In some cases, the tooltip shows the correct value of the cell that is being hovered over; and sometimes it's incorrect.  See the attached screenshot for the case of it showing incorrectly.

Here is my code:

void GridViewCellLoaded_TT(object sender, CellEventArgs e)
{
    var cell = e.Cell as GridViewCell;
    if (cell == null || cell.Value == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.Value.ToString())) return;

    var tt = cell.GetValue(ToolTipService.ToolTipProperty);
    if (tt != null) return;

    var tooltip = new ToolTip
    {
        Content = cell.Value
    };
    cell.SetValue(ToolTipService.ToolTipProperty, tooltip);
}

Thanks!!

[Yoan]

Hello WILLIAM,

I am afraid that it is not recommended to work with the visual elements(in this case GridViewCell) directly. As you already know, RadGridView is virtualized control and as such, it only realizes the visual elements that are visible. When the virtualization of RadGridView is turned on (which is by default), it is not recommended to work with the visual elements and their properties. The rows and cells are reused and that is why we cannot rely on them. The better approach is to work with the data items. I can suggest you to check this help article which demonstrates how to set  a tooltip.


Regards,
Yoan
Telerik