# Mouseover Timer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-timer/1824>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 7, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-timer/1824 "2010-05-07T18:25:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Lester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Brian\_Lester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Lester)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-timer/1824/1 "2010-05-07T18:25:09Z")

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I had a request to increase the timeout on the mouseover text. Could someone please provide some direction on how I could change this.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouseover-timer/1824/2 "2010-05-17T19:03:22Z")

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Try putting a script like this in your Client Startup script:

`from javax.swing import ToolTipManager
ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setInitialDelay(8000)`

The [tt]8000[/tt] is the delay in milliseconds for the tooltip to be displayed. This example code would set it for 8 seconds.