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RadToolTipManager Overview

Both RadTooltip and RadTooltipManager can display rich content (including user controls and other ASP.NET controls), as well as AJAX-generated content. RadToolTip is meant to "tooltipify" a single element while RadToolTipManger should be used in scenarios where many elements would require a tooltip. For more information on RadTooltip, see the [Overview]({%slug tooltip/overview%}) topic.

Three common scenarios where the RadToolTipManager is useful:

  • When the developer wishes to 'tooltipify' all HTML elements on a page. This is the scenario where the developer already has a page with existing tooltips that need to be easily converted to a more refined, consistent look (using a particular skin or animation effect). RadToolTipManager overrides the standard tool tip behavior automatically just by including RadToolTipManager on the page.

  • When a list of elements should be tooltipified. In this case the [RadToolTipManager TargetControls]({%slug tooltip/radtooltipmanager/using-the-targetcontrols-collection%}) collection should be used. This scenario allows for finer tuning. You can use more than one RadToolTipManager, each configured for a specific set of controls.

  • When one or more elements should display rich dynamic content that is fetched from the server. This approach is useful in cases where content should be fetched from a data source, depending on the element being targeted, and helps keep pages smaller. Use the [OnAjaxUpdate event]({%slug tooltip/radtooltipmanager/load-content-on-demand%}) to populate tooltips from the server on-the-fly.

For a live demo of RadToolTipManager see the RadToolTip versus RadToolTipManager demo.

See Also

  • [Using the TargetControls Collection]({%slug tooltip/radtooltipmanager/using-the-targetcontrols-collection%})

  • [Load Content On Demand]({%slug tooltip/radtooltipmanager/load-content-on-demand%})

  • [Using RadToolTipManager in MS AJAX UpdatePanels]({%slug tooltip/troubleshooting/using-radtooltipmanager-in-ms-ajax-updatepanels%})