# Option to make mouse over tooltips not disappear

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 21, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706 "2013-01-21T14:44:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706/1 "2013-01-21T14:44:02Z")

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Would it be possible to add a global setting to either adjust the amount of time that mouse over text tooltips are shown or make them not disappear at all until the mouse is moved off of the component?

It gets kind of annoying when you put in a mouse over text that has a bunch of information on it and while you’re reading it the mouse over text box disappears. Then you have to move the mouse off of the component and hover it back onto the component again. If you could adjust the time or turn that time off that would help.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706/2 "2013-01-21T15:51:55Z")

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In the meantime you can add the following script to your client startup scripts:`ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setDismissDelay(10000)`You can also call:`ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setInitialDelay(1000)`for the initial delay.

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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706/3 "2013-01-21T15:54:20Z")

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Oooooo… cool. Thanks Travis!

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-make-mouse-over-tooltips-not-disappear/5706/4 "2013-01-21T16:54:17Z")

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Sorry but you have to add the following line above the code I gave you earlier to make it work:`from javax.swing import ToolTipManager`