Hide tooltip if binding is null

Question

Currently i've got the following code to show a tooltip.

<Border BorderBrush="Black"
        BorderThickness="{Binding Border}"
        Height="23"
        Background="{Binding Color}">
<ToolTipService.ToolTip>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding TooltipInformation}" />
</ToolTipService.ToolTip>

This is presented in a ItemsControl with about 25 items. Only a few of these have a value set to TooltipInformation

If TooltipInforation is an empty string, it still shows the tooltipbox containing the textblock as a very small window (about 5px high and 20px wide). Even if I set the textblock visbility to collapsed.

Is there a way to completely remove the tooltip if the value of TooltipInformation is null or a empty string?

Answer 1

One way you can do that is wrap the ToolTip in a Rectangle and give it a Transparent color. Then you just set the Visibility to Collapsed on this Rectangle.

Update:

<Border Background="#FFE45F5F">
    <Grid>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Property1}"/>
        <Rectangle Fill="Transparent" Visibility="{Binding Property2, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding TooltipInformation}"/>
    </Grid>
</Border>

Answer 2

I was having the same issue as I was setting value to String.Empty. Setting it to null solves the problem.

WinRT/Windows 8 App XAML

Answer 3

One way to hide an empty tooltip for all controls is to create a style in a resource dictionary that is included in your App.xaml. This style sets the visibility to collapsed when the tooltip is an empty string or null:

<!-- Style to hide tool tips that have an empty content. -->
<Style TargetType="ToolTip">
    <Style.Triggers>
        <Trigger Property="Content"
                 Value="{x:Static sys:String.Empty}">
            <Setter Property="Visibility"
                    Value="Collapsed" />
        </Trigger>
        <Trigger Property="Content"
                 Value="{x:Null}">
            <Setter Property="Visibility"
                    Value="Collapsed" />
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Also include sys namespace (for String.Empty):

xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"

Answer 4

This is a WPF answer (haven't tried it in Silverlight).

Use ToolTipService.IsEnabled, and bind it to the tooltip property. Then use a converter to convert the tooltip string to a bool.

For example, I have the following:

<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" ToolTipService.IsEnabled="{Binding EntryToolTip, Converter={StaticResource StringNullOrEmptyToBoolConverter}}">
...
</TextBlock>

Or in code-behind

ToolTipService.SetIsEnabled(textBlock, false);

Answer 5

You could create a converter from string to bool that returns false if the string length is 0 and true otherwise, then bind ToolTip.Active to TooltipInformation with that converter.

Answer 6

If just using the default tooltip I would otherwise recommend either setting the bound value to null in the viewmodel or using a converter whenever the item is empty.

In my case I've got a:

public string Name { get; }

Bound using:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" Tooltip="{Binding Name}" />

Where the idea is to show the full name in the tooltip if cut of due to lack of width. In my viewmodel I simply:

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name)) Name = null;

At least in .Net 4.0 this will not show a tooltip for me.