# Creating Tool Tips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-tool-tips/187688>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-tool-tips/187688 "2006-05-01T15:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![dstort1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dstort1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dstort1)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-tool-tips/187688/1 "2006-05-01T15:44:30Z")

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Hey,

I’m trying to create tool tip rollovers for buttons, a little bubbled message that pops up and follows the cursor while the cursor is ontop of a button. Kinda like the tooltips in windows, instead it moves. Hope that makes sense.

the problem i’m having is creating a loop within the rollOver event so that the x/y co-ords for my tooltip movieclip updates each time the mouse moves

is there any other way of doing this?

here’s what i have so far

button1.onRollOver = function() {  
mc\_tooltip.\_x = xmouse;  
mc\_tooltip.\_y = ymouse;  
}

the problem with what i have now is that the tooltip movieclip doesnt continue to move along with the cursor while on rollOver

thanks in advance