---
title: NSViewToolTipOwner
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Protocol
path: appkit/nsviewtooltipowner
---

# NSViewToolTipOwner

A set of methods for dynamically associating a tool tip with a view.

## Declaration

```swift
protocol NSViewToolTipOwner : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Overview

Overview Tool tips are hints displayed to the user when the mouse hovers over a view. Adopt this protocol in views for which you want to provide tool tips. If the view does not implement this protocol, the system uses the description method instead.

## Topics

### Obtaining Tool Tip Strings

- [view(_:stringForToolTip:point:userData:)](appkit/nsviewtooltipowner/view(_:stringfortooltip:point:userdata:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

### Conforming Types

- [NSForm](appkit/nsform.md)
- [NSMatrix](appkit/nsmatrix.md)
- [NSTableHeaderView](appkit/nstableheaderview.md)