- Click 'Tooltip' on the Marks Card to edit tooltips for your data.
- Click the 'font selection dropdown' to choose different font styles for your tooltip.
- Click the 'font size selector' to change the font size of your tooltip.
- Click the text formatting toolbar to edit the text style of the tooltip.
- Click 'Insert' to add additional fields to your tooltip.
- Edit the labels here to customize your tooltip.
- Click 'OK' to save your changes
- Hover over your chart to see the updated tooltip.
How to Edit a Tooltip in Tableau
Follow this interactive demo to learn how to edit a tooltip in Tableau.
📌 Why this matters
Customized tooltips transform your visualizations from static displays into interactive storytelling tools. You can guide viewers to the exact insights you want them to notice, highlight key metrics, and provide context that might not fit elsewhere in your chart. Well-designed tooltips also reduce cognitive load by presenting information in a logical hierarchy, helping users process complex data faster. When stakeholders hover over different data points, they're getting a curated narrative rather than raw field names and values.
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