Info Icon/Button to show (Tooltip) descriptions for all Page Navigators

[F_Reh]

Good Evening,

I believe I require an Info Icon/Button (currently I have Landing page that is being used as a "directory" with a series of Page Navigators). So by clicking the new Info Icon/Button will cause the respective Tooltip descriptions for all Page Navigators to appear synchronously. These Tooltip descriptions explain the methodology behind each page in the Dashboard.

Kindly advise how to construct this.

[cengizhanarslan]

You can’t “force-show” native tooltips for multiple buttons at once, but you can build the same user experience with a toggle (bookmark) + overlay panel. That’s the cleanest pattern for a “directory page” with many page navigator buttons.

[Zanqueta · Accepted solution]

Hi @F_Reh 

Unfortunately, Power BI does not provide a native feature to trigger all tooltips at once, as tooltips are designed to appear only when hovering over an object.

A practical approach would be to create a simulated overlay containing all the descriptions and control its visibility through an Info button. Here is a suggested method:

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Recommended Steps:

1. Create a shape or image with all descriptions

   • Use a text box or image listing the methodology for each page.

   • Format it to resemble an information panel.

2. Add this shape to the landing page and set it to hidden by default

   • In the Selection pane (View → Selection), set its visibility to “Off” initially.

3. Insert an Info button

   • Add a button with an information icon (Insert → Buttons → Information).

   • Configure the button’s action to toggle visibility of the shape created in step 1.

   • This is done via the Selection pane: assign the button to toggle the object’s visibility.

4. Optional: Add a close button

   • Create another button to hide the panel again, or use the same button to toggle visibility.

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Expected Outcome:

When the user clicks the Info icon, a panel containing all the page descriptions will appear, simulating the effect of displaying tooltips. This is the closest solution available, as native tooltips cannot be triggered synchronously.