# MASSIVE tooltips in Dolphin **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** dolphin\ **Created:** [June 7, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/massive-tooltips-in-dolphin/47610 "2026-06-07T23:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ben2talk](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/ben2talk/32/27275_2.png) [@ben2talk](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ben2talk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/massive-tooltips-in-dolphin/47610/5 "2026-06-08T10:58:04Z")
> [@Annoying tooltips in Dolphin](https://discuss.kde.org/t/annoying-tooltips-in-dolphin/41596/3): > > Thank you. No, I was talking about this The problem is mainly if you have few files (to preview) or if the image has portrait rather than landscape format, because in this way it cover the file, as you can see in my example above. But I found a workaround: in Dolphin → settings → view → miscellaneous - \> deselect show item information. > [@Idea for improving the file hover tooltip in Dolphin](https://discuss.kde.org/t/idea-for-improving-the-file-hover-tooltip-in-dolphin/41994): > > Currently, the tooltip feels quite large, bulky, and not very informative. Why show a file thumbnail in the tooltip? There’s already a thumbnail in the file manager itself, which is enough to get a general idea of the file. Viewing details in two thumbnails at once can be confusing, especially with images. Sometimes the tooltip can cover 65-70% of the screen for Full HD images, but only shows 5-7 lines of text with a lot of empty space. Regarding the info block in the tooltip—why is the te… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.kde.org/t/massive-tooltips-in-dolphin/47610)._