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Helper VCreating a tooltip that is interactive but stays open until you close it
I currently have a table visual that when you hover over each record, a tooltip visual pops up that is filtered based on the record you hover over. It works fine but the customer is asking if it's possible to keep the tooltip open and have the ability to manually close it (i.e, like an x symbol in the top right corner). They don't want a drill thru; they like the tooltip feature but just want it to stay open and have the ability to close it manually. Is this even possible?
Native tooltips can't do that — they close the moment your mouse moves away, that's just how they work in Power BI.
The closest workaround is using bookmarks + a hidden panel. Basically, clicking a row shows a panel with the detail content, and an X button hides it again. Same idea as your tooltip but pinned to the page.
Only catch is it gets messy if you have lots of rows. Might be worth asking your customer if drill-through would actually work for them — it achieves the same goal and is way simpler to build.
4 Replies
- krishnakanth240
Super User
Hi ldwf
No, this is not possible with tooltip. Those are hover based and auto dismiss where Power BI does not support making them sticky or adding a close X button. So, workaround is using a bookmark + button to populate a popup with a close button.
- danextian
Hi ldwf That isn’t feasible. You can technically interact with a tooltip page, but only for a split second. It stays visible only while hovering over a visual element, and the moment you move the cursor toward the tooltip, it disappears. A limited workaround to is to use bookmarks instead of using a page tooltip.
- cengizhanarslan
This is not possible with native Power BI tooltips. Tooltips are hover-triggered overlays. They have no pin, lock, or manual close mechanism built into the product. The moment the cursor moves away, the tooltip closes. There is no configuration option to change this behavior.
- Juan-Power-bi
Native tooltips can't do that — they close the moment your mouse moves away, that's just how they work in Power BI.
The closest workaround is using bookmarks + a hidden panel. Basically, clicking a row shows a panel with the detail content, and an X button hides it again. Same idea as your tooltip but pinned to the page.
Only catch is it gets messy if you have lots of rows. Might be worth asking your customer if drill-through would actually work for them — it achieves the same goal and is way simpler to build.
