By default, Visual Studio tooltips remain visible for 10 seconds and then they disappear. I find this time too short to read some of the longer tooltips. Is there a way to increase the time they remain visible?
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when ever I encounter such problem I just press print screen and read the text in my favorite paint program
BTW, I never understood why tooltip timeout is not based on how long is the content.
Shay Erlichmen
2009-03-31 06:21:27
Yeah, after swearing a few words at whoever chose a useful and often quite detailed tooltip to disappear on its own accord...
romkyns
2010-02-12 22:39:20
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Well it looks like MS were asked to make this configurable several years ago: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=112309 but I can't find it either!
Standard Windows Model pah.
MaSuGaNa
2009-04-08 16:17:59
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My understanding is that ToolTips preferences are controlled at the system display level (i.e., as part of Windows settings). As far as I know, there is still no way to lengthen the time that a tip is displayed.
I recommend Shay's trick of using print screen to capture the tip. Paste into a paint program and you can read the whole thing. Then close the paint program without saving.
Michael Mathews
2009-04-08 17:28:29
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i got this one where u can increase the time frame:
ToolTip1.Show("hello", Label1, 90000)
pramit
2010-06-18 09:16:37