TaskbarItemInfo.Description Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Shell

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets the text for the taskbar item tooltip.

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

public string Description { get; set; }

member this.Description : string with get, set

Public Property Description As String

Property Value

String

The text for the taskbar item tooltip. The default is an empty string.

Examples

The following example shows how to create a TaskbarItemInfo in markup and set the Description property. This example is part of a larger example provided for the TaskbarItemInfo class.

<Window.TaskbarItemInfo>
    <TaskbarItemInfo x:Name="taskBarItemInfo1" 
                     Overlay="{StaticResource ResourceKey=StopImage}"
                     ThumbnailClipMargin="80,0,80,140"
                     Description="Taskbar Item Info Sample">
        <TaskbarItemInfo.ThumbButtonInfos>
            <ThumbButtonInfoCollection>
                <ThumbButtonInfo
                    DismissWhenClicked="False"
                    Command="MediaCommands.Play"
                    CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=btnPlay}"
                    Description="Play"
                    ImageSource="{StaticResource ResourceKey=PlayImage}"/>
                <ThumbButtonInfo
                    DismissWhenClicked="True"
                    Command="MediaCommands.Stop"
                    CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=btnStop}"
                    Description="Stop"
                    ImageSource="{StaticResource ResourceKey=StopImage}"/>
            </ThumbButtonInfoCollection>
        </TaskbarItemInfo.ThumbButtonInfos>
    </TaskbarItemInfo>
</Window.TaskbarItemInfo>

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