# Embedded View within a Tooltip

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847 "2026-04-02T01:22:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kyle.bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kyle.bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyle.bennett)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/1 "2026-04-02T01:22:20Z")

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Another software package we have is horrible to use, but one thing it does have is the ability to essentially show an embedded view within a tooltip. Is there any way to make that work within the Perspective environment?

It would be handy, but mostly just curious. Thanks in advance for any input!

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/2 "2026-04-02T12:31:32Z")

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I don't believe you can do this with a tooltip. The closest replacement would be opening a popup with an `onClick` event so you can open the popup with the x,y coordinates of the click.

This post has some other related details.  
[Display pop up below component - Ignition - Inductive Automation Forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-pop-up-below-component/108046)

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**Author:** ![Nol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Nol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nol)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/3 "2026-04-02T15:11:51Z")

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Haven't done it but you could do an onMouseOver event that launches a popup with an embedded view. However this would run into an issue of no delay that the tooltip has so it'd open instantly if they're moving the mouse around the screen. So probably not what you want but maybe that'll lead you on the right path.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/4 "2026-04-02T16:29:27Z")

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I've worked on a system that had exactly this. Oh So FRIGGING annoying. Had to be careful moving the mouse to avoid objects..

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**Author:** ![Nol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Nol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nol)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/5 "2026-04-02T16:36:35Z")

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Yeah, that's what I was worried about. Wasn't sure if there was a way to implement a delay or a opacity hack or something to make it user friendly. Figured I'd mention it in hopes of someone wiser correcting me with a solution 😅

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Laubach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/steve_laubach/32/60900_2.png) [@Steve\_Laubach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Laubach)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-within-a-tooltip/114847/6 "2026-04-02T17:11:07Z")

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If you happen to be doing this on a map tool you can have that load views as popups. It’s really nice for doing fancy opaque overlays and stuff like that.