toolTip with more than 1 line

Claus Dreischer claus at dreischer.de
Mon Jun 7 12:47:42 EDT 2004


>  > i know that the info in a toolTip should be short,
>>  but sometimes it's more readable when there are 2 or 3 small lines in
>>  a toolTip.
>>
>>
>>  The Dict says:
>>  "
>>  The toolTip of a control is a single line of text.
>>  "
>>
>>  So, is there no way?
>
>Using the normal tooltip mechanism, no. But you can fake your own with a
>palette stack, a single field, and trapping mouseenter/mouseleave from a
>frontscirpt.
>
>Ken Ray


Thanks Ken,

I'll try this.

Claus.


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