using callout as a tooltip ?

[atfat]

Hi, can I use callout control to display additional information, from a datagridview cell instead of a tooltip ?

if yes can u leave a sample please...

thx in advance,

Regards

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Atfat,

You can handle the RadGridView.ToolTipTextNeeded event and instead of specifying the text for the tooltip, you can show programmatically a RadCallout. I have prepared a sample code snippet for your reference: 

        public RadForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            this.radGridView1.Columns.Add("Id");
            this.radGridView1.Columns.Add("Name");
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                this.radGridView1.Rows.Add(i, Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            }
            this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
             

            label = new RadLabel();
            label.Text = "Telerik";
            callout = new RadCallout();
            callout.AssociatedControl = label; 

           this.radGridView1.ToolTipTextNeeded+=radGridView1_ToolTipTextNeeded;
        }

        private void radGridView1_ToolTipTextNeeded(object sender, ToolTipTextNeededEventArgs e)
        {
              Point pt = this.radGridView1.PointToClient(MousePosition);
            GridDataCellElement cellUnderMouse = this.radGridView1.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(pt) as GridDataCellElement;
            if (cellUnderMouse != null)
            { 
                label.Text = cellUnderMouse.Value + "";
                if (callout.CalloutForm.Visible)
                {
                    callout.Close();
                }
                callout.Show(cellUnderMouse);
            }
        }

        RadCallout callout;
        RadLabel label; 
    }

You can extend the RadCallout and the hosted control in order to provide more advanced layout for the callout. You can refer to the following help article demonstrating how to use a UserControl for the callout: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/callout/getting-started 

I hope this information helps. If you need any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Sr.
Progress Telerik

[atfat]

thank you very much Dess...