ToolTip for individual item in asp.net dropdown control

Question

In my web site I have one asp.net dropdown control. The length of value in the control is too long to display in that control. I can't increase the size of control because of space consistency in my website. It's difficult to the user to see entire value in dropdown to select a correct value.

How to make a tool tip for each item in dropdown control?

Jakob Gade · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-27 06:04:17Z

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Yes, you can add a "title" property to each item. But I doubt your visitors will notice this rather subtle hint.

foreach (ListItem item in YourDropDownList.Items)
{
  item.Attributes.Add("title", "(the long description)");
}

edited Aug 27, 2010 at 6:04

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 5:56

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4 Comments

Hukam Over a year ago

Thanks for your reply. could you paste some sample code snippets.

Jakob Gade Over a year ago

Sure, did just that a moment ago... :)

Jakob Gade Over a year ago

Are you sure? Check the rendered HTML to confirm the attribute is inserted correctly. I don't have IE6 installed, so I can't test it myself, sorry.

Hukam Over a year ago

The title is correctly rendered in each option.But dono what's the problem.:(

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