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Posted: **Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:01 pm**

I understand the that "<shortdesc>" element is used to display tooltip text when you hover over a topic in WebHelp. Most of the time it works, but I've seen instances where the displayed tooltip contains garbled text. I've check the <shortdesc> contents and nothing seems to be amiss. That is, unless <shortdesc> doesn't like reusable components or profiling attributes hidden with <props>?

I have included screenshots that show the garbling and how the original topic looks like, in authoring and text modes.

: Garbled tooltip in WebHelp; Selection_025.png (111.85 KiB) Viewed 932 times

: How the topic looks like in Authoring mode; Selection_026.png (27.89 KiB) Viewed 932 times

: How the topic looks like in Text mode; Selection_027.png (29.63 KiB) Viewed 932 times

Posted: **Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:36 am**

Hello,

This is a known issue which has already been resolved in the upcoming version.
To overcome this problem you can use the following custom CSS rule in your WebHelp output:

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.wh-tooltip-container .wh-tooltip,
.wh_breadcrumb .topicref .wh-tooltip,
.wh_publication_toc .topicref .wh-tooltip {
     display: block;
}

You can read more about customizing the output in this topic: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... h-css.html

Regards,
Alin

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