How can I add a hint or tooltip to a label in C# Winforms?

c# .net winforms label tooltip
B. Clay Shannon picture B. Clay Shannon · Mar 19, 2012 · Viewed 99.6k times · Source

It seems that the Label has no Hint or ToolTip or Hovertext property. So what is the preferred method to show a hint, tooltip, or hover text when the Label is approached by the mouse?

Answer

Yuck picture Yuck · Mar 19, 2012

You have to add a ToolTip control to your form first. Then you can set the text it should display for other controls.

Here's a screenshot showing the designer after adding a ToolTip control which is named toolTip1:

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