NotifyIcon.BalloonTipText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

NotifyIcon.cs

Gets or sets the text to display on the balloon tip associated with the NotifyIcon.

C#

public string BalloonTipText { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The text to display on the balloon tip associated with the NotifyIcon.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the BalloonTipTitle, BalloonTipText, and BalloonTipIcon properties. To run this example, paste the example code into a Windows Form that contains a NotifyIcon named notifyIcon1. Call SetBalloonTip from the form's constructor or Load event-handling method.

C#

private void SetBalloonTip()
{
    notifyIcon1.Icon = SystemIcons.Exclamation;
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipTitle = "Balloon Tip Title";
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipText = "Balloon Tip Text.";
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipIcon = ToolTipIcon.Error;
    this.Click += new EventHandler(Form1_Click);
}

void Form1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
    notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(30000);
}

Applies to