TaskbarItemInfo.Description Property

Gets or sets the text for the taskbar item tooltip.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Shell (in Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Description As String

public string Description { get; set; }

public:
property String^ Description {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

member Description : string with get, set

function get Description () : String
function set Description (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
The text for the taskbar item tooltip. The default is an empty string.

Remarks

The tooltip is displayed above the taskbar thumbnail when the mouse pointer is over the taskbar button. If the taskbar thumbnail is not displayed because of user settings, the tooltip is still displayed.

The following illustration shows the taskbar Description tooltip.

Windows Taskbar Description

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

TaskbarItemInfo Class

Microsoft.Windows.Shell Namespace