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dbMonkey
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Sep 02, 2026

ControlTipText no longer supports multiline text / wrapping in Access 2608

I’ve noticed what appears to be a recent regression in Access concerning the ControlTipText property.

Previously, embedded line breaks such as:

.ControlTipText = "Line 1" & vbCrLf & "Line 2" & vbCrLf & "Line 3"

displayed as a multiline tooltip.

In current builds, the vbCrLf is still present in the property value but is ignored when the tooltip is displayed, so the text appears on a single line.

I also tested automatic wrapping with:

.ControlTipText = String(70, "A") & " " & _ String(70, "B") & " " & _ String(70, "C")

and the tooltip does not wrap at all; it simply continues horizontally off the right-hand side of the screen.

I confirmed that the line-break characters are still stored by using Replace(ControlTipText, vbCrLf, "<CRLF>"), which finds and replaces them correctly. I also tried vbLf and Chr(13) & Chr(10) with the same result.

The issue is present in:

Microsoft Access for Microsoft 365
Version 2608
Build 16.0.20326.20132
64-bit

It was also present before updating to this build.

This looks as though the tooltip itself is no longer being configured for multiline/wrapped display, rather than Access altering the contents of the ControlTipText property.

Has anyone else seen this, or can Microsoft confirm whether it is a known issue?