# INFO - floating button timing out

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886 "2021-07-09T09:41:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![baremeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/baremeter/32/28090_2.png) [@baremeter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/baremeter)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/1 "2021-07-09T09:41:34Z")

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I am using the floating button to display information about the calculations.  
It works well except that it fades out after a few seconds and there is quite a bit of text to read - is there a way to extend the time or does anyone have an alternative to show information on request

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-09 at 11.39.51](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/9/a927aeb52450f6fde4743067f554d57a8bad6a6d.png)

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/2 "2021-07-09T10:47:50Z")

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Well if it’s this long I think you should display it on the screen by default and have a button for users to hide it after they read.

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**Author:** ![baremeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/baremeter/32/28090_2.png) [@baremeter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/baremeter)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/3 "2021-07-09T11:25:43Z")

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ah - ok - as a text or rich text element ?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/4 "2021-07-09T11:41:47Z")

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For context sensitive help, I like to use a Hint component, and then use a floating button to toggle a visibility condition to hide/expose it.

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**Author:** ![baremeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/baremeter/32/28090_2.png) [@baremeter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/baremeter)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/5 "2021-07-09T11:53:08Z")

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I had not noticed the “hint” component thanks for that!  
I presume the hint text needs to be in a column in the Glide Table rather than free text in the app itself - So what action do you use with the floating button to close the hint text ?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/6 "2021-07-09T12:11:18Z")

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I normally have the hint text in a template column, but it doesn’t have to be. You can use free text directly in the hint component if you want to.

In terms of toggling the visibility, I’ll usually do something like:

- A user-specific boolean column (`usc/show-help`)
- On the floating button, a custom action:
  - If `usc/show-help` is `true`, then Set Columns → Clear Value → `usc/show-help`
  - Else Set Columns → `usc/show-help` → `true`

- And the visibility condition on the Hint component will be to show it when `usc/show-help` is `true`

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**Author:** ![baremeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/baremeter/32/28090_2.png) [@baremeter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/baremeter)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/info-floating-button-timing-out/28886/7 "2021-07-09T13:22:01Z")

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Hi  
Thanks for your very detailed help.  
I have now used a check box that shows or hides the hint box…