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sasdfasdfsad
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Accessibility Tooltips? How to display tooltips

When using the accessibility features of PBI  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-keyboard-shortcuts

 

Is there anyway to trigger a tooltip?  The type that you see when you mouse over a data point in a visual?

I can't locate anyway to enage the "mouse over" effect that makes a tooltip pop up.

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v-prasare
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We are following up once again regarding your query. Could you please confirm if you have raised ideas with Microsoft?
If not please raise idea and upvote it. If we don’t hear back, we’ll go ahead and close this thread.
Should you need further assistance in the future, we encourage you to reach out via the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum and create a new thread. We’ll be happy to help.

v-prasare
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As @Shahid12523  mentioned below as this is currently not support scenario. I’d encourage you to submit your detailed feedback and ideas via Microsoft's official feedback channels, such as the Microsoft Fabric Ideas. Feedback submitted here is often reviewed by the product teams and can lead ...

 

 @Shahid12523 & @GeraldGEmerick  , Thanks for your prompt response 

 

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Prashanth Are

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Shahid12523
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Power BI doesn't currently support triggering data point tooltips via keyboard or accessibility shortcuts. Hover-based tooltips require mouse interaction.


Workaround: Use dynamic cards or visuals that respond to selections to mimic tooltip behavior for keyboard users.

Shahed Shaikh
GeraldGEmerick
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@sasdfasdfsad Try tabbing onto a visual like a Table visual. Now click the Enter key. Then tab to an individual cell and see if that triggers the tooltip.

This is on a New Card Visual, but yeah I can't seem to get it to trigger 😞

@sasdfasdfsad I tried this with a Table visual and also could not get it to trigger. Interesting that is not supported. It is supposed to be Ctrl-H but I could only get that to work on a Table visual column header, which is not entirely helpful or likely what you want. I also tried Ctrl-I (upper-case i) and still could not get anything.

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