# ResourceProvider.GetToolTipDescription Method

> Gets the tool tip description that is associated with an item and specified by the identifier parameter. Such an identifier can be the string conversion of an enumeration that is associated with an item (such as RibbonFormattingTab.RibbonItem.TXITEM_Paste). By default CultureInfo.CurrentUiCulture determines the language of the tool tip description resources. If no resource translation is provided, that corresponds to the current ui culture or the value of the culture paramter, the returned tool tip description is based on the English resources.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 27.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > ResourceProvider.GetToolTipDescription Method
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/resourceprovider/gettooltipdescription-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/resourceprovider/gettooltipdescription-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/resourceprovider/gettooltipdescription-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets the tool tip description that is associated with an item and specified by the identifier parameter. Such an identifier can be the string conversion of an enumeration that is associated with an item (such as [RibbonFormattingTab.RibbonItem.TXITEM\_Paste](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformattingtab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt)). By default CultureInfo.CurrentUiCulture determines the language of the tool tip description resources. If no resource translation is provided, that corresponds to the current ui culture or the value of the culture paramter, the returned tool tip description is based on the English resources.

### Syntax

#### GetToolTipDescription(string)

Gets the tool tip description that is associated with the specified item identifier.

```csharp
public static string GetToolTipDescription(string identifier);
```

```vbnet
Public Shared Function GetToolTipDescription(identifier As String) As String
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| identifier | The identifier of the item that is associated with the requested tool tip description. |

#### GetToolTipDescription(string, CultureInfo)

Gets the tool tip description that is associated with the specified item identifier in the specified language.

```csharp
public static string GetToolTipDescription(string identifier, CultureInfo culture);
```

```vbnet
Public Shared Function GetToolTipDescription(identifier As String, culture As CultureInfo) As String
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| identifier | The identifier of the item that is associated with the requested tool tip description. |
| culture | Specifies the language in which the tool tip description is returned. |

### Return Value

The tool tip description that is assigned to the item. If no tool tip description is associated with the source, the method returns an empty string.

### Examples

The following example retrieves tool tip description from the resource provider.

```csharp
var result = TXTextControl.WPF.ResourceProvider.GetToolTipDescription("Quarterly report", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));
Console.WriteLine($"Get Tool Tip Description result: {result}");
```

```vbnet
Dim result = TXTextControl.WPF.ResourceProvider.GetToolTipDescription("Quarterly report", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"))
Console.WriteLine($"Get Tool Tip Description result: {result}")
```

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