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Add ToolTips to Chart's Header and Footer

To add tooltips to the chart's header and footer, complete the following steps:

  1. Add C1Chart to the Form.
  2. Add the following directive to declare the C1.Win.C1Chart namepace:

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    Imports C1.Win.C1Chart
    

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    using C1.Win.C1Chart;
    
  3. Add the following code in the Form_load procedure to add the tooltips to the header and footer:

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    'Enable tooltip
    c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = True
    c1Chart1.Header.TooltipText = "This is header tooltip." + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Second line."
    c1Chart1.Footer.TooltipText = "This is footer tooltip." + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Second line."
    

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    //Enable tooltip
    c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = true;
    c1Chart1.Header.TooltipText = "This is header tooltip.";
    c1Chart1.Footer.TooltipText = "This is first line of the footer ToolTip.\nThis is the second line of the footer ToolTip.";
    

This topic illustrates the following:

The ToolTips appear when you hover over Chart's Header or Footer at run-time, like the following:


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