# Mouseover text for touchscreen applications?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-text-for-touchscreen-applications/81393>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [November 2, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-text-for-touchscreen-applications/81393 "2023-11-02T15:45:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derek\_Lyons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/derek_lyons/32/54204_2.png) [@Derek\_Lyons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Derek_Lyons)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-text-for-touchscreen-applications/81393/1 "2023-11-02T15:45:19Z")

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Good day all,

I'm quite new to Ignition and have been playing around with Vision while I am waiting for official training next month.

One of the features I like a lot is the mouseover text option in the property editor for a lot of components. The only problem is a majority of the projects we will be making are going to be used on touch screens so there will not be a mouse equipped. Probably a dumb question since it's explicitly called "mouseover text" but is there another way to utilize a feature like this for touch screen applications?

Thanks!

Derek Lyons

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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-text-for-touchscreen-applications/81393/2 "2023-11-02T15:56:21Z")

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I'm not aware of a way to show mouseover text on touch screens in Vision. We use tool tips in Perspective with display on tap to show sensor IDs, etc. on touch screens via `requestTooltip` method on components.

> [@Trigger the display all tooltips text of a view?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-the-display-all-tooltips-text-of-a-view/60894/2):
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> Each component has a requestTooltip and removeTooltip scripting method. I don’t know what happens if you try to programmatically show multiple tooltips at the same time, though.