# 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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**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.

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