### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tooltips-on-same-target-are-confusing/42558/1 "2016-04-14T13:59:07Z")
Unsurprisingly, I’m not much given to trying to access tooltips. However, after our recent upgrade to latest, I was trying to check what information was being displayed in the redesigned message pages - which have no column headings - and attempted to use the tooltips. After some considerable time of carefully aiming my mouse at the number and seeing a tooltip which displays only that same number, I eventually discovered by accident that I needed to aim _away_ from the number to get the actual information I wanted.
Some further research here indicates this is a problem in the “replies” column site-wide. The number is wrapped in a span which has `title="number"`, and that sits inside a td which has `title="this topic has X replies etc"`. So to access the more detailed information, you need to hover away from the number. Confusing and unhelpful, IMHO.
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I can see no reason for the title on the ``, which merely duplicates the information, so perhaps this could be removed?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tooltips-on-same-target-are-confusing/42558/2 "2016-04-14T18:36:40Z")
There sure is a lot behind a Replies number
The 4 - 4 does seem rather pointless.
I’m also thinking the “this topic has 4 replies”, though descriptive, might be better if it somehow indicated that a click would provide navigation options. Though I guess the cursor is already a big clue to that.
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tooltips-on-same-target-are-confusing/42558/3 "2016-04-14T19:01:17Z")
Well, it makes sense if there are more than 1000 replies.
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tooltips-on-same-target-are-confusing/42558/4 "2016-04-15T11:45:25Z")
> [@gerhard](#):
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> Well, it makes sense if there are more than 1000 replies.
But I would still argue that if you want to know the exact number of posts, it’s better to have the longer version displayed for clarity. Which is more useful? This:
or this?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tooltips-on-same-target-are-confusing/42558/5 "2016-04-15T12:14:41Z")
Another thing. I think the number tooltip came out of someone wanting to do a customization and needed the full number, with that said, it could be added as a data attribute instead so it doesn’t create this odd tooltip scenario.