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 I was wondering if there is a way to make the tooltip for axisX different from the label that is displayed.  I found a way to do it using the KeyLabels option, but I do not want the information added to the legend like this option does.  I am labeling axisX with numbers (like "2510") and when the user hovers over the label, I would like the tooltip that pops up to show "2510-This is my text".  Is there a way to do this and if so, how?

Thanks,
brijess

Please try the following lines of code:

chart1.ToolTips = true ;
const string maskString = "Value: " + "%v" + "\nThis is my text ";
chart1.ToolTipFormat = maskString;

Hope this helps.

Thank you very much for your response. What you provided does work, but for the data point tooltips, not the X Axis.  I already have tooltips setup for the data points using the code below.

string tooltipText = "";
tooltipText = Convert.ToString(r.ItemArray[0]);
tooltipText += "\r\n" + Convert.ToString(t.Columns[i].ColumnName);
tooltipText += "\r\n" + Convert.ToString(value);
chartFX.Points[iRow, i - 1].Text = tooltipText;
chartFX.ToolTipFormat = "%L";

What I need is a way to have my tooltips on my data points as well as tooltips for the Labels on my X Axis.  When the user hovers over the label on the X Axis, they should see a tooltip consisting of a unique number, a dash and the name for that unique number while the actual label on the X Axis will only show the unique number.  For instance, my chart will have X Axis labels of the following:

1310
1320
1519
1510

For each of these X Axis Labels, the tooltip will be like this:

1310-my line
1320-your line
1519-his line
1510-her line

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,

Brijess

Hi,

Unfortunately, a built-in feature to specify a different tooltip for axis labels is not included. However as a workaround you can achieve the expected behavior by using the GetTip and MouseMove events.

What you should do is simply store X and Y in the MouseMove event and then, during GetTip call HitTest with these values to determine the closest label. The following code snippet illustrates how to do this:

private int m_lastMouseX,m_lastMouseY;private void chart1_MouseMove (object sender,HitTestEventArgs e)
{
  m_lastMouseX = e.X;
  m_lastMouseY = e.Y;
}

private void chart1_GetTip (object sender,GetTipEventArgs e) {
  HitTestEventArgs a = chart1.HitTest(m_lastMouseX,m_lastMouseY);
  if ((a.HitType == HitType.Axis) && (a.Object == chart1.AxisX)) {
    int closestLabel = (int) Math.Round(a.Value);
    e.Text = "Long Label " + closestLabel.ToString();
  }
}

Regards,

RandyJ