[DONE] New record layout Tooltip

🔧 Bugs & Issues
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Hi all,
It is very exciting to see all the changes the platform is making and the many more options and use cases this unlocks. Thanks a lot to the team and the community for making this possible. :raised_hands:

Originally I planned to wait for the new layout field development to wrap up, but I’m going to move forward and post what I’ve gathered so far across various topics. Starting with a couple smaller pieces.


In the New Record Layout, the tooltip appears “weirdly” at the end-right position if the length exceeds some words. So it ends up making for some strange design.

Name 2
Name 21011Ă—223 14.5 KB

Name 1
Name 1942Ă—204 8.85 KB

It would be amazing to have it the old way centered under the tooltip or at least being able to choose the position in order to avoid being lost visually when looking for the info in the tooltip.



On top of this, if an app is created using the new record layout directly, if the tooltip is filled and we then change to the old layout, the “help text” is not showing the tooltip. It still is saved if we go back to the new record layout but it is not “linked” with the old layout help text thus effectively disappearing.


Thank you.
Best,
R.J.

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Hi @R.J.,

First of all, thank you so much for reporting this and for your great feedback :100:

Regarding the tooltip positioning, we released a fix a few days ago that solves this issue. The tooltip now always appears to the left of the label.

Regarding the sync, we currently have a one-way sync. The tooltip from the Field Settings is synced with the Classic Record and the New Record.

However, if you override the tooltip in the Block Settings, this change is intentionally not synced back to the field or the Classic Record, as this could create conflicts.

The reason is that a single field can be used in multiple field blocks across different layouts and forms, each with its own tooltip. These dedicated block tooltips are specifically designed to allow different descriptions depending on the context.

So the field tooltip stays in sync, while individual block tooltip overrides remain independent.

I hope this helps clarify how it works. Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback!

Best,
Leo

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