TTM_TRACKPOSITION message

Sets the position of a tracking tooltip.

Parameters

wParam

Must be zero.

lParam

The LOWORD specifies the x-coordinate of the point at which the tracking tooltip will be displayed, in screen coordinates. The HIWORD specifies the y-coordinate of the point at which the tracking tooltip will be displayed, in screen coordinates.

Return value

The return value for this message is not used.

Remarks

The tooltip control chooses where to display the tooltip window based on the coordinates you provide with this message. This causes the tooltip window to appear beside the tool to which it corresponds. To have tooltip windows displayed at specific coordinates, include the TTF_ABSOLUTE flag in the uFlags member of the TOOLINFO structure when adding the tool.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header	Commctrl.h

See also

Reference

TTM_TRACKACTIVATE

Conceptual

Using Tooltip Controls