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public var tooltip: string;
public string tooltip;

Description

The tooltip of this element.

The tooltip associated with this content. Read GUItooltip to get the tooltip of the gui element the user is currently over.

	function OnGUI () {
		GUI.Button (Rect (0, 0, 100, 20), GUIContent ("A Button", "This is the tooltip"));
		// If the user hovers the mouse over the button, the global tooltip gets set
		GUI.Label (Rect (0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip);
	}
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void OnGUI() { GUI.Button(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 20), new GUIContent("A Button", "This is the tooltip")); GUI.Label(new Rect(0, 40, 100, 40), GUI.tooltip); } }