# Displaying ToolTips for Menus and Toolbars

Get started with Menus and Toolbars for WinForms. Create versatile menus and docking/floating toolbars. See more in documentation here.

## Content



This topic demonstrates how to customize the ToolTips by creating your own ToolTips for menus and toolbars. Both the menus and toolbars have the property called [ToolTipText](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) that provides users the ability to display ToolTips when the user mouses over a menu or a toolbar.

### Displaying ToolTips for Menu Items

1.  Right-click on the top level menu ([C1CommandMenu](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/)) in the main menu and select Properties from its context menu.
2.  Select **C1CommandMenu1** from the **Properties** drop-down list and expand the Command node.
3.  Set the [ShowToolTips](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property to **True** to enable the text to appear when the user mouses over the menus.
4.  On the form, select a **C1Command** menu item that you want to display ToolTips. Set the [ShowTextAsToolTip](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) to **False** so that the command's text will not appear for the selected menu item in the [C1CommandMenu](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) when the user mouses over the menus.
5.  Select the [ToolTipText](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property and enter the information in the textbox that you want to appear when the user mouses over the menu item.
6.  Save and run your application. Below is what the [ToolTipText](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) will look like at run time:<br />![Form](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/a27cb622-e6d9-4efc-a0b0-0c31245fd632/imagesext/image10_23.png)

### Displaying ToolTips for Buttons on the Toolbar

1.  Select the toolbar button from the [C1ToolBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) control on your form.
2.  The command link's properties for the [C1ToolBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) appear in the Properties Toolbox on the right-pane. Locate the **C1CommandLinks** properties and expand the **Command** properties.
3.  Set the [ShowTextAsToolTip](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) to **False**.
4.  Select the [ToolTipText](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property and enter the information in the textbox that you want to appear when the user mouses over the toolbar button.
5.  Save and run your application. Here is what the ToolTip text will look like for the toolbar button when you mouse over the volcano:
    
    ![Tooltip text](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/a27cb622-e6d9-4efc-a0b0-0c31245fd632/imagesext/image10_24.png)
    
    
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	> **Note**: If you leave the [ShowTextAsToolTip](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property to its default value, **True**, then the toolbar button's text will be displayed when the user mouses over the toolbar button rather than the ToolTip's text. Also, delete the information that you entered for the [ToolTipText](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property in the toolbox. The toolbar appears like the following image:
    
    ![Toolbar](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/a27cb622-e6d9-4efc-a0b0-0c31245fd632/imagesext/image10_25.png)
    

### Displaying ToolTips Text for Buttons on the Outbar

You can follow the same procedure listed above to display ToolTips for buttons on the outbar.

## See Also

[Hiding Rarely Used Menu Items](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/menusandtoolbarsforw2/menutasks/hidingrarelyusedmenu)