# Controlling Appearance

There are a number of ways you can customize the look & feel of your tooltips:

* To change the overall look and feel of the tooltip, set the [Skin](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/skins) property.

* To change the HTML within the tooltip, [set the Text property](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/radtooltip/managing-content), [add to the controls collection](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/radtooltip/managing-content) or [handle the RadToolTipManager OnAjaxUpdate event](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/radtooltipmanager/load-content-on-demand).

* To change the way the tooltip initially becomes visible, use the [Animation](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/animation) property.

* To change the look of an individual aspect of the tooltip, use its **CssClass** property and set up CSS rules as needed.

* To change the initial position of the tooltip use the [Position](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/getting-started/positioning) property which is an enumerator.

* Since Q1 2012 the shadow is enabled by default. You can control it via the **EnableShadow** property.

## See Also

* [Skins](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/skins)

* [Tutorial: Creating a Custom Lightweight Skin](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/tutorial-creating-custom-lightweight-skin)

* [Tutorial: Creating a Custom Classic Skin](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/tutorial-creating-custom-classic-skin)

* [CSS Classes](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/css-classes)

* [Animation](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/tooltip/appearance-and-styling/animation)