Using ToolTipManager and changing the ToolTip position

[Stuart Hemming]

The 'problem' with using ToolTipManager (TTM) is that you have to apply the same settings to all of the tooltips on the page (or so it seems to me).

I thought to change that using code like this ...

        protected void RadToolTipManager1_AjaxUpdate(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.ToolTipUpdateEventArgs e)
        {
            Label l = new Label();
            switch (e.TargetControlID)
            {
                case "dpCreateDate":
                case "dpPublicationDate":
                case "dpReviewDate":
                    RadToolTipManager1.Position = Telerik.Web.UI.ToolTipPosition.MiddleRight;
                    break;

                default:
                    RadToolTipManager1.Position = Telerik.Web.UI.ToolTipPosition.BottomCenter;
                    break;
            }
        }

Needless to say, it doesn't appear to work; the default case seems to try and display something but I couldn't say what; the other case just causes the standard tooltips to appear.

Is it possible to do what it is I'm attempting?

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Stuart

[Svetlina Anati]

Hello Stuart,

I can suggest you the following options to achieve the desired result:

1. Set the position on the client in the OnClientBeforeShow event as shown below:
   
   

    <script type="text/javascript">
           function OnClientBeforeShow(sender, args)
           {
               sender.set_position(Telerik.Web.UI.ToolTipPosition.BottomCenter);
           }
           </script>

   
   You can use the client API to get the target control ID, check it and set the desired position.
2. You can use separate RadToolTip controls for your target elements and set different position to each of them.
3. You can use a few RadToolTipManager with different position set - this will not make your page very heavy since the HTML rendered by the RadToolTipManager control is very little and this will not influence the performance.

I hope that my suggestions are helpful.

All the best,
Svetlina
the Telerik team

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[Stuart Hemming]

Svetlina,

1. Cool.
2. Not ideal, but yes, I see.
3. I've got that used to using 1 'manager' per page (Ajax, Window) that using more than one for tooltip never occurred to me. Nice one.

Thanks.

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Stuart