# Discourse Tooltips

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** official, tooltips\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304 "2017-09-04T00:37:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304/56 "2024-10-14T20:59:48Z")

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> [@Firsh](#):
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> Does this also create a tooltip for topics referenced in text of posts?

I don’t believe so.

> [@Firsh](#):
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> Also, would using the API of Discourse and loading the topic content on demand (thereby not requiring it to be a plugin, merely a JS-based enhancement) be a solution?

If you don’t mind the extra API call from the browser (a problem if you do it many times on a single page), it should work.

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