ToolTip for indivisual item in asp.net dropdown control

Question

Hi,

In my web site i have one asp.net dropdown control.The length of value in the control is too long to display in that control.I can't increase the size of control because of space consistency in my website.Its difficult to the user to see entire value in dropdwon to select a correct value.So i decided to make a tool tip for each item in dropdown control. Is it possible? if yes then how can i do this.I need u'r suggestion.

Help me on this

Thanks in advacne.

Answer 1

Yes, you can add a "title" property to each item. But I doubt your visitors will notice this rather subtle hint.

foreach (ListItem item in YourDropDownList.Items)
{
  item.Attributes.Add("title", "(the long description)");
}