# Field tooltip in Kibana - can it be edited?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-tooltip-in-kibana-can-it-be-edited/211001
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-tooltip-in-kibana-can-it-be-edited/211001 "2019-12-08T10:16:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@omerdemb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerdemb)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-tooltip-in-kibana-can-it-be-edited/211001/1 "2019-12-08T10:16:21Z")
today the tooltip when hovering on a field shows the field name - can it be configured somewhere to show different text? can help educate users on what each field means.
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### Author:  [@alisongoryachev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alisongoryachev)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-tooltip-in-kibana-can-it-be-edited/211001/2 "2019-12-19T14:46:13Z")
Welcome @omerdemb!
This is not currently customizable. However, we do have an open issue to support this. Please see: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/15026](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/15026). Feel free to +1 the issue or add any additional feedback.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-tooltip-in-kibana-can-it-be-edited/211001/3 "2020-01-16T14:46:14Z")
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