ListBox

[git]

Hiyas,

How can I make it so when I have the mouse over a listbox's item, the tooltip text displays that item's text?

Thanks.

-Git

[HeSaidJoe]

'
'had to make a fix on this works now
'
Option Explicit

'using a tooltip for the list items in a listbox
'with a mouse move event.

'Here's the mouse move event for your listbox "List1" :


Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim x As Integer
For x = 1 To 10
List1.AddItem "Hello " & x & " Times"
Next x

End Sub

Private Sub List1_MouseMove _
(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, _
x As Single, Y As Single)

Dim cv, tps, bs, ts, r, wr, rn, num
'whats the twips/point conversion?
cv = 20 '20 twips = 1 point
'how many twips are added to the
'font size to make up a row?
tps = 30
'whats the border size of the list in twips?
bs = 40

'see if mouse pointer is on the list box
If x > 10 And x < List1.Width - 80 Then
    If Y > 10 And Y < List1.Height - 80 Then
        'whats the twip size of every row?
            ts = List1.FontSize * cv + tps
        'how many rows does the list display?
            r = (List1.Height - bs) / ts
        'what's the exact width of every row?
            wr = List1.Height / r
        'what row number from the top is the mouse over?
            rn = Int(Y / wr)
        'what list item number is that?
            num = List1.TopIndex + rn
        'display tool tip text
            List1.ToolTipText = List1.List(num)
    End If
End If
End Sub

[Edited by HeSaidJoe on 09-09-2000 at 11:28 PM]

[git]

Hi,

Cool, works perfectly. =))

Is there anyway to change the colour of the tool tip text/background?

Thanks,

-Git