# Show information on mouse hover

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404 "2022-05-10T13:50:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Urvish\_Mehta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/urvish_mehta/32/81912_2.png) [@Urvish\_Mehta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Urvish_Mehta)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404/1 "2022-05-10T13:50:22Z")

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Hello Everyone,  
I have small objects on screen with information in it, I want to show that information when use hover over that component and when they remove mouse from that component that information will go away. I tried using mouse entered and gui.messagebox but it will have to be closed manually. Any idea to achieve this?  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![zacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404/3 "2022-05-10T14:42:58Z")

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Is this for Vision or Perspective? `system.gui.messageBox` will only work in Vision so I assume you must be in Vision?

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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:** [May 10, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404/4 "2022-05-10T15:03:00Z")

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Most, if not all, components in vision have a `Mouseover Text` property that will do this.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/a/fadf42678065884d94b6c55f6e78f71035304b54.png)

Just type in the text, or bind the mouseover text property to a value. You can even add html tags to make the text really big.

```auto
<html><font size = 12>Hello

```

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/f/9f17b76e38f6de47298ecd58f231e1cef88c4869.png)

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**Author:** ![Vinodhini\_N](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@Vinodhini\_N](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vinodhini_N)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404/5 "2024-01-08T16:50:15Z")

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Is any option in perspective?

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**Author:** ![djs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@djs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djs)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-information-on-mouse-hover/59404/6 "2024-01-08T17:02:39Z")

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> [@New Feature: Perspective Tooltips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-feature-perspective-tooltips/49630):
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> I’m happy to announce that tooltips are now available for every Perspective component as of the August 5th nightly build. You can find the configuration properties for this feature in the meta category of each component. [ezgif-4-41862bbf1f65] Some important properties: enabled: Controls whether the tooltip will be displayed on hover or if requested via scripting. delay: How long to delay before displaying the tooltip after hover begins or after a scripting request. sustain: How long to d…