How can I display a tooltip constantly while a control is focused?

Question

How can I display a tooltip constantly while a control is focused? I've tried so many things and nothing seems to work. Right now I have something like the following:

    <TextBox x:Name="textBox" Width="200">
        <TextBox.ToolTip>
            <ToolTip StaysOpen="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=textBox}" IsOpen="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=textBox}">
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            </ToolTip>
        </TextBox.ToolTip>
    </TextBox>

It seems like it should work very simply, but it doesn't. Why not? I'm binding the tooltip's IsOpen property to the textbox's IsKeyboardFocused property. Therefore, it should display while the tooltip is focused. Why doesn't it?

Answer 1

You can use a Popup instead of a ToolTip like this:

<Grid>
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBox x:Name="textBox1" Width="200" Height="20"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="textBox2" Width="200" Height="20"/>
    </StackPanel>
    <Popup PlacementTarget="{Binding ElementName=textBox1}" IsOpen="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=textBox1, Mode=OneWay}">
        <TextBlock Background="White">
            <TextBlock.Text>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</TextBlock.Text>
        </TextBlock>
    </Popup>
</Grid>

and then style it to look like a tool tip.