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mjmmet's avatar
mjmmet
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

tooltip or hover over on a table column

I would like to be able to use a field value as a tooltip when hovering over a column in a table.  For example, I have a Title field and a Description field (which can be quite large).  I would like ...
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waltheed's avatar
waltheed
Impactful Individual
8 years ago

This is not possible as far as I know. 

 

Maybe this workaround works for you:

  • Create a calculated column with Title & UNICHAR(10) & Description.
  • Make the column not too wide; a normal width so most of the title fits in.
  • In the tootltip text you see the Title and the Decription on the next line. 

Hope this works for you.

v-piga-msft's avatar
v-piga-msft
Resident Rockstar
8 years ago

Hi mjmmet,

 

'tooltip or hover over on a table column' this feature is not supported in Power BI currently, you could vote the similar ideas below

 which have been submitted in Power BI ideas forum and add your comments there to improve Power BI and make this feature coming sooner.

 

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/30979345-tooltips-for-tables

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/18906292-add-tooltips-to-table-values

 

In addition, you could try with the workaround provided by waltheed.

 

Hope it can help you. Only thing that you'll have to notice, just always accept the replies making sense as solution to your question so that people who may have the same question can get the solution directly.

 

Best Regards,

Cherry