# \[DONE\] Option to hide descriptions/formulas on field mouseover

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651 "2024-09-18T16:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/1 "2024-09-18T16:39:34Z")

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When we mouseover the name of a field in a table/list/board views, the description (and calculation logic, if it’s a formula field) gets displayed.

In many cases for formula fields, it is very complex calculation that is ultimately irrelevant to the user and I’ve had many people get annoyed that it pops up, especially when they’re presenting something and want to use their mouse to draw people’s attention to a certain field.

 ![Maple-Hill-—-Client-Fibery](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/2/2a03b0178fc62ad95338fdce9544b52f5374d15e.jpeg)

In other cases, the field description might only be used for internal use and might have text like “DO NOT DELETE!” that we do not want to have displayed on a mouseover to your average user.

Could an option be added to fields to “Hide field description in views” and in the cases of formula fields an additional option to “Hide formula calculation in views”?

For formulas, another option could be to add a special formula icon in the description that could be moused over if the user wants to see the actual calculation logic, but by default it’s visibly hidden?

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**Author:** ![YvetteLans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yvettelans/32/6101_2.png) [@YvetteLans](https://community.fibery.io/u/YvetteLans)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/2 "2024-09-19T08:27:02Z")

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> [@interr0bangr](#):
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> In many cases for formula fields, it is very complex calculation that is ultimately irrelevant to the user and I’ve had many people get annoyed that it pops up, especially when they’re presenting something and want to use their mouse to draw people’s attention to a certain field.

Agree. Although I don’t know what’s the use case for showing the formula? IMO when it’s really important to know the formula, you can put a (simplified/readable) version in the description field.

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/3 "2024-09-19T09:05:14Z")

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Make sense, we will maybe just hide it for all formulas.

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**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/4 "2024-09-19T13:06:52Z")

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Yeah, if seeing the formula was still important for certain fields users can always just paste it in the description.

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**Author:** ![NicolSpies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nicolspies/32/4317_2.png) [@NicolSpies](https://community.fibery.io/u/NicolSpies)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/5 "2024-10-17T14:40:13Z")

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Hiding formulas will be great to prevent the formula to be displayed when mouse over table column heading. 🙏

 ![snap004086](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/8/85b2184818725210c46ce459d27829aa7a28c59b.png)

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/6 "2024-10-17T18:16:05Z")

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Oh I think we will just always hide it and show Formula Description (if it is non empty)

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/7 "2024-10-24T11:46:59Z")

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Fixed in last release

> [@October 24, 2024 / New Space Setup by default, move Folders between Spaces, Search improvements](https://community.fibery.io/t/october-24-2024-new-space-setup-by-default-move-folders-between-spaces-search-improvements/7651):
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> Today’s release is relatively small, but we’re working on several significant things, so in November releases will be more fancy. popcorn New Space Setup is the new default Space Setup is out of experimental and replaces old Space Setup. Main things you should pay attention to: When you are Creator or Admin and click on Space name, Space will just expand. There is a special icon to navigate to Space Setup. You can quickly switch Spaces in Space Setup via top menu. You will resist the change…

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-option-to-hide-descriptions-formulas-on-field-mouseover/6651/8 "2024-10-24T12:25:20Z")

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