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Annoying menu settings tooltips prevents clicking upper menu entries. Tooltips don't dissapear when moving the cursor away. #18651

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opened 2026-01-31 06:20:17 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:17 +00:00
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Originally created by @yevon on GitHub (Oct 11, 2022).

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1.15.2713.0

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22621.525

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Windows Terminal settings.
  2. Hover the cursor over a setting, and a tooltip will appear near the cursor over the upper menu setting.
  3. If you move the cursor slowly over the tooltip, the tooltip doesn't disappear and you can't click the immediately upper menu entry.

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This is quite annoying, tooltips should dissapear immediately after moving the cursor in any direction.

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Tooltips don't dissapear when moving the cursor and prevents from clicking settings menu entries.

Originally created by @yevon on GitHub (Oct 11, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.15.2713.0 ### Windows build number 22621.525 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open Windows Terminal settings. 2. Hover the cursor over a setting, and a tooltip will appear near the cursor over the upper menu setting. 3. If you move the cursor slowly over the tooltip, the tooltip doesn't disappear and you can't click the immediately upper menu entry. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/121157/195131189-893c4085-162c-4058-bbf0-53b24244ccd9.png) This is quite annoying, tooltips should dissapear immediately after moving the cursor in any direction. ### Expected Behavior _No response_ ### Actual Behavior Tooltips don't dissapear when moving the cursor and prevents from clicking settings menu entries.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:18 +00:00
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@yevon commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022):

I would say that those tooltips are completely useless, I haven't seen them in any other UWP app, like powertoys or windows settings app.

@yevon commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022): I would say that those tooltips are completely useless, I haven't seen them in any other UWP app, like powertoys or windows settings app.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:19 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022):

Thanks for the report! There's a couple things at play here.

completely useless

They are useful when you have long profile names or are in collapsed navigation mode:

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FWIW, I didn't think that we should put tooltips into the navigation tray in Settings for the same reason (it offers no additional information,) but I was convinced by the argument that it assists in cases where the text legitimately doesn't fit.

doesn't disappear

Interesting; this appears to be a conscious design choide for the modern UI framework. Take the taskbar clock for example: if your mouse enters the tooltip above the clock, it stays open and you can't click whatever's behind it.

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Visual Studio uses WPF (primarily) and has original behavior (the tooltip disappears if you move out of range of the original item).

This one is bordering on "by design" given that it's a systemwide choice to make tooltips block interaction... 🤔

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022): Thanks for the report! There's a couple things at play here. > completely useless They are useful when you have long profile names or are in collapsed navigation mode: <img width="292" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/195397635-186b61f2-77ef-4e5e-83d9-f00619d02258.png"> <img width="112" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/195397664-399a36a5-7020-4bb3-ad66-c80b9d673c80.png"> FWIW, I didn't think that we should put tooltips into the navigation tray in Settings for the same reason (it offers no additional information,) but I was convinced by the argument that it assists in cases where the text legitimately doesn't fit. > doesn't disappear Interesting; this appears to be a conscious design choide for the modern UI framework. Take the taskbar clock for example: if your mouse enters the tooltip above the clock, it stays open and you can't click whatever's behind it. <img width="155" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/195398020-4c80fcab-45c1-4f4e-b8b0-e29c3e163f09.png"> Visual Studio uses WPF (primarily) and has original behavior (the tooltip disappears if you move out of range of the original item). This one is bordering on "by design" given that it's a systemwide choice to make tooltips block interaction... 🤔
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:19 +00:00
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@yevon commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022):

You are right this seems made by design and I don't really understand it, as you never interact with tooltips you shouldn't be able to press them ever. Tooltips should dissappear once the cursor is not over the element that you are trying to press. I haven't seen this behaviour outside microsoft apps, see for example the spotify app. If you place the cursor over the play button a tooltip appears, but immediately dissapears when you place your cursor outside of it which is the standard behaviour of tooltips.

In the taskbar example is also very annoying, if you have an application behind the tooltip, you can't press it.

Is this UWP related? Where should I post this then?

Standard behaviour of tooltips in all apps I know of is:

  • Don't show a tooltip if the text is fully visible.
  • Tooltips should remain as far as you keep the cursor hover in the element.

Maybe here?

https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK
or here?

https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

@yevon commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022): You are right this seems made by design and I don't really understand it, as you never interact with tooltips you shouldn't be able to press them ever. Tooltips should dissappear once the cursor is not over the element that you are trying to press. I haven't seen this behaviour outside microsoft apps, see for example the spotify app. If you place the cursor over the play button a tooltip appears, but immediately dissapears when you place your cursor outside of it which is the standard behaviour of tooltips. In the taskbar example is also very annoying, if you have an application behind the tooltip, you can't press it. Is this UWP related? Where should I post this then? Standard behaviour of tooltips in all apps I know of is: - Don't show a tooltip if the text is fully visible. - Tooltips should remain as far as you keep the cursor hover in the element. Maybe here? https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK or here? https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:19 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022):

Ruling from the triage meeting: we should get rid of the redundant tooltips. We should also pursue the issue on the XAML side (thank you for filing it!)

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022): Ruling from the triage meeting: we should get rid of the redundant tooltips. We should _also_ pursue the issue on the XAML side (thank you for filing it!)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:19 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2022):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #14244, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal v1.15.3465.0 and v1.15.3466.0.🎉

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2022): :tada:This issue was addressed in #14244, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal v1.15.3465.0 and v1.15.3466.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.15.3466.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:20:20 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2022):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #14244, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v1.16.3463.0 and v1.16.3464.0.🎉

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2022): :tada:This issue was addressed in #14244, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v1.16.3463.0 and v1.16.3464.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.16.3464.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
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