ToolTipService.SetPlacementTarget(DependencyObject, UIElement) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Sets the value of the PlacementTarget attached property for an object.

public:
 static void SetPlacementTarget(System::Windows::DependencyObject ^ element, System::Windows::UIElement ^ value);

public static void SetPlacementTarget (System.Windows.DependencyObject element, System.Windows.UIElement value);

static member SetPlacementTarget : System.Windows.DependencyObject * System.Windows.UIElement -> unit

Public Shared Sub SetPlacementTarget (element As DependencyObject, value As UIElement)

Parameters

element

DependencyObject

The object to which the attached property is written.

value

UIElement

The value to set.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the value for the ToolTipService.PlacementTarget attached property.

   //create the button that displays the tooltip
   Button targetButton = new Button();
   targetButton.Content = "tooltip Placement Target";

   //create a button that owns the tooltip
   Button tooltipOwner = new Button();
   tooltipOwner.Content = "tooltip owner";
   tooltipOwner.ToolTip = "The ToolTip";
   ToolTipService.SetPlacement(tooltipOwner,PlacementMode.Top);
   ToolTipService.SetPlacementTarget(tooltipOwner,targetButton);

'create the button that displays the tooltip
Dim targetButton As New Button()
targetButton.Content = "tooltip Placement Target"

'create a button that owns the tooltip
Dim tooltipOwner As New Button()
tooltipOwner.Content = "tooltip owner"
tooltipOwner.ToolTip = "The ToolTip"
ToolTipService.SetPlacement(tooltipOwner,PlacementMode.Top)
ToolTipService.SetPlacementTarget(tooltipOwner,targetButton)

See also

• GetPlacementTarget(DependencyObject)
• PlacementTarget