Using TooltipProperites.Text on a container grid in an SFListView.ItemTemplate breaks selection

[Daniel Travison]

I have an item template that is a Grid containing multiple child controls (an Image and a Label). When I place a tooltip on the grid itself, selection stops working. This problem doesn't occur on Windows but does occur on Android.

I've tried moving the tooltip to the primary label in the item template but that results in Label's size blocking selection.

FWIW: Long press does show the tooltip.

Is this a known issue?  If so, is there any way I can accomplish this without breaking selection?

[Muthukumar Madasamy]

Hi Daniel Travison,

This isn’t a SfListView-specific issue. It also happens with the .NET MAUI CollectionView when a tooltip is attached to the item container via ToolTipProperties.Text. On Android, tooltips are triggered by long‑press, and enabling a tooltip causes Android’s tooltip handler to consume the touch, so the list item doesn’t receive the tap that drives selection.

This behavior is tracked as a framework issue here:

On android, collectionview items cannot be selected. · Issue #19639 · dotnet/maui

Workarounds:

• Don’t set ToolTipProperties.Text on the whole row container; attach it to a small child view (e.g., an info icon) that doesn’t cover the entire item.
• Alternatively, use Syncfusion SfPopup to show a tooltip‑like hint relative to a child view, keeping row tap selection intact.

We have also prepared a simple sample demonstrating how to use SfPopup as a tooltip.

Best Regards,

Muthu Kumar Madasamy.

Attachment: ListViewSample_93ecc326.zip