Put Image with tooltip onto statusbar
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" x:Class="StatusBarSimple.Window1" Title ="StatusBar"> <Window.Resources> <Style x:Key="StatusBarSeparatorStyle" TargetType="Separator"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="LightBlue" /> <Setter Property="Control.Width" Value="1"/> <Setter Property="Control.Height" Value="20"/> </Style> </Window.Resources> <StatusBar Name="sbar" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="Beige" > <StatusBarItem> <TextBlock>Ready</TextBlock> </StatusBarItem> <StatusBarItem> <Separator Style="{StaticResource StatusBarSeparatorStyle}"/> </StatusBarItem> </StatusBar> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.cs using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives; using System.Windows.Data; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; using System.Windows.Media.Imaging; using System.Windows.Shapes; namespace StatusBarSimple { public partial class Window1 : Window { private void MakeProgressBar(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { sbar.Items.Clear(); Image helpImage = new Image(); helpImage.Width = 16; helpImage.Height = 16; BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage(); bi.BeginInit(); bi.UriSource = new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/help.bmp"); bi.EndInit(); helpImage.Source = bi; ToolTip ttp = new ToolTip(); ttp.Content = "HELP"; helpImage.ToolTip = (ttp); sbar.Items.Add(helpImage); } } }