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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ListBoxToolTips
{
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
public class ToolTipListBox : System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
{
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct SIZE
{
public int cx;
public int cy;
}
[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
public static extern int GetTextExtentPoint32(IntPtr hdc,
String str, int len, ref SIZE size);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr GetDC(IntPtr hWnd);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd,IntPtr hdc);
public ToolTipListBox()
{
tp.InitialDelay = 500;
tp.ReshowDelay = 500;
tp.AutoPopDelay = 3000;
tp.Active = true;
}
protected override void OnMouseMove(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
int index = IndexFromPoint(e.X,e.Y);
if(index != ListBox.NoMatches )
{
if( LastIndex != index )
{
string s = Items[index].ToString();
IntPtr hdc = GetDC(this.Handle);
SIZE size;
size.cx = 0;
size.cy = 0;
GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc,s,s.Length,ref size);
ReleaseDC(this.Handle,hdc);
if(this.Width < size.cx)
tp.SetToolTip(this,s);
LastIndex = index;
}
}
}
private ToolTip tp = new ToolTip();
private int LastIndex = -1;
}
}
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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.
Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.
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