# Tooltip time

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-time/6267>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 18, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-time/6267 "2013-04-18T21:31:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jamess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jamess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jamess)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-time/6267/1 "2013-04-18T21:31:58Z")

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It would be helpful to be able to set the length of time a tooltip remains on screen – or to be able to make it stay up until the object loses focus.

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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:** [April 19, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-time/6267/2 "2013-04-19T11:56:27Z")

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I asked for the same thing and Travis gave me some code to put in a client start up script that was very helpful. See the following post:

[http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=9421](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=9421)