# Is there a way to display text on hover over some other field in layout?

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**Created:** [October 23, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-text-on-hover-over-some-other-field-in-layout/19123 "2020-10-23T18:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Konstantin\_Trunin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/konstantin_trunin/32/16029_2.png) [@Konstantin\_Trunin](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Konstantin_Trunin)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-text-on-hover-over-some-other-field-in-layout/19123/1 "2020-10-23T18:07:05Z")

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I want to display some text when mouse is over some field. Is it possible? E.g. I would display short version of Summary field and long will be displayed on mouse hover.

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**Author:** ![Jean\_Pierre\_Traets](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/jean_pierre_traets/32/16275_2.png) [@Jean\_Pierre\_Traets](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Jean_Pierre_Traets)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-text-on-hover-over-some-other-field-in-layout/19123/2 "2020-10-24T07:25:08Z")

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Dear @Konstantin_Trunin,

Like you and me more users find this a great idea / use-case, unfortunately it’s not (yet) available

Pls. have a look to this post, what offers a kind of work around, finally Coda is for makers, so you can build your own tools 🏗

> [@Limit Displayed Characters](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/limit-displayed-characters/18142/5):
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> Dear @Jeff_Wright, Ongoing with the elegant solution of @Shane_Robinson, you can put this in a button to expand the full text when pushing it and you are able to make a very user-friendly interface if you like so to do. The nice part is that the buttons become self explanatory and you will be able to save a lot of space, remain focus on the subject and make it attractive to interact with your audience. Update 2020-09-08

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Danyliuk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/paul_danyliuk/32/27228_2.png) [@Paul\_Danyliuk](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Paul_Danyliuk)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-text-on-hover-over-some-other-field-in-layout/19123/3 "2020-10-24T09:14:46Z")

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Hey @Konstantin_Trunin,

You can construct a tooltip using this trick or one of the simpler tricks referenced there:

> [@Mega trick: Formatted tooltips for your table items (with JSON)](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/mega-trick-formatted-tooltips-for-your-table-items-with-json/13813):
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> Here’s a pretty neat way to render tooltips. Unlike [this solution](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/tooltip-control/7898) it doesn’t require extra rows, and unlike @Filmos’ [hyperlink hack](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/clear-tooltips-not-a-row-reference/10323) it doesn’t rely on broken hyperlinks and is much richer. The idea: prepare a JSON object (text) with all the fields that you want to display in a tooltip render it with ParseJson(). [image] The first value in the JSON will be treated as a display value and will appear as cell text, while everything else will appear when you hover it with your mouse in a popup: …

Please note that this may inflate your doc size significantly: all the JSON code would need storage, and the object will need just as much storage as well.