# Tooltip always in the way in scripting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273 "2026-04-27T20:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonathanf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@jonathanf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jonathanf)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/1 "2026-04-27T20:31:46Z")

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Does anyone else get annoyed with the tooltip always covering up what your are trying to work on?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/b/dbbcd74b973cb756a4d584b394cab9031ca590a6.png)

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**Author:** ![Cose\_Peter1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cose_peter1/32/79174_2.png) [@Cose\_Peter1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cose_Peter1)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/2 "2026-04-28T06:04:33Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/3 "2026-04-28T08:32:03Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![JGJohnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jgjohnson/32/29582_2.png) [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/4 "2026-04-28T14:14:15Z")

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Run one of the following script in the Script Console in the designer

To set the tooltip delay:

```python
from javax.swing import ToolTipManager
tipManager = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance()
tipManager.setInitialDelay(2000)

```

To turn off tooltips altogether (Do this to keep from getting tooltips in the tag browser)

```python
from javax.swing import ToolTipManager
tipManager = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance()
tipManager.enabled = False

```

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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Sueur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Samuel\_Sueur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samuel_Sueur)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/5 "2026-04-28T14:43:05Z")

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What would be kind of a good middle-ground solution is making sure the tooltip is always at the top so it doesn't cover the current line of code you're writing ?

Something similar to what already exists for Perspective when it comes to tooltips but I do not know if that's doable in Swing.

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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/6 "2026-04-28T14:56:39Z")

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yes, this and when tabbing from a style keyword and it moves up in the sorting, so you don't actually tab into the value of it.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Martineau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lynn\_Martineau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lynn_Martineau)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/7 "2026-04-28T19:04:51Z")

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or... hit the [Esc] key and it goes away.

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**Author:** ![jonathanf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@jonathanf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jonathanf)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-always-in-the-way-in-scripting/115273/8 "2026-04-29T14:56:58Z")

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I never knew this.. thanks!