{"name":"lbSetTooltip","title":"lbSetTooltip","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lbSetTooltip","revid":379443,"updated":"2026-10-31T00:07:12Z","groups":["GUI Control - ListBox"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"0.58"},"since":"arma3 0.58","arma3_since":"0.58","description":"Sets tooltip for item with given index of the listbox or combobox with id idc of the topmost user dialog to the given data.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"lbSetTooltip [idc, index, tooltip]","params":[{"name":"idc","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"index","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"tooltip","type":"String","type_expr":"String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"[idc, index, tooltip]"}},{"syntax":"control lbSetTooltip [index, tooltip]","params":[{"name":"control","type":"Control","type_expr":"Control"},{"name":"index","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"tooltip","type":"String","type_expr":"String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"control"},"right":{"text":"[index, tooltip]"}}],"examples":[{"code":["lbSetTooltip [101, 1, \"tooltip\"];"]},{"code":["_control lbSetTooltip [0, \"another tooltip\"];"]}],"see_also":["lbTooltip","lnbSetTooltip","lbAdd","lbClear","lbColor","lbCurSel","lbData","lbDelete","lbIsSelected","lbPicture","lbSelection","lbSetColor","lbSetCurSel","lbSetData","lbSetPicture","lbSetSelected","lbSetValue","lbSize","lbSort","lbSortByValue","lbText","lbValue"],"notes":[{"user":"ffur2007slx2_5","date":"2014-09-10T00:00:00Z","text":"More information on the CT_LISTBOX command family can be found here."},{"user":"Nelis75733126","date":"2017-08-09T13:03:00Z","text":"if you want to put linebreaks into a tooltip, use this method:\n\n```sqf\nformat [\"%1,%2%3\", \"Hi\", parseText \"\\n\", \"my name is Will\"];\n```"}]}