TBalloonHint in Delphi

Here in this blog, I will explain how to display hints using the TBalloonHint component. Balloon hints simply display a hints then disappear after a short period of time. BalloonHint component is added to show hint in balloon style. TBalloonHint typically has a bhsBalloon style property which defines style of hint. Title and Description property is used for hint Title and hint description.

Properties

Delay	Specifies the delay before displaying the hint.
Description	Provides the description of a hint
HideAfter	Specifies the time to wait before hiding the hint.
ImageIndex	Specifies the index in the image list.
Images	Specifies the list of images that can be displayed with the hint.
ShowingHint	Specifies whether the hint is displayed.
Style	Specifies the style of the custom hint.
Title	Specifies the hint's title.

Methods

HideHint	Hides the hint.
ShowHint	Method used to show the hint.

You can find TBalloonHint in ‘Additional’ section of the tool panel so it can be added to a form at design time. Hints are automatically displayed when the cursor is over a control. The HideAfter property allows you to specify, in ms, how long the balloon will be shown before it is automatically hidden.  The Delay property allows you to specify, in ms, how long the hint should wait before appearing; the default this value is 500.

Example

procedure TForm1. Button1Click (Sender: TObject);

begin

  BalloonHint1.Title := 'My Test Title';

  BalloonHint1.Description := 'This is my test message description';

  BalloonHint1.Style := bhsBalloon;

  BalloonHint1.HideAfter := 2000;

  BalloonHint1.ShowHint(Button1);

//BalloonHint1.ShowHint(ClientToScreen(Tpoint.Create(Button1.Left,Button1.Top)));

end;

When to Hide Just set Hideafter

Example….

procedure TForm2.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);

begin

  balloonhintTest.HideHint;

  balloonhintTest.Style := bhsStandard;

end;