# Tooltip hover appearance looks strange **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 18, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384 "2023-05-18T09:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AquafinaWaterBottle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/aquafinawaterbottle/32/12314_2.png) [@AquafinaWaterBottle](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AquafinaWaterBottle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/1 "2023-05-18T09:44:31Z")
Hey all, I noticed that the tooltip when hovering over the toolbar buttons look a bit strange. It seems like this issue was introduced in 2.1.62 with “Improve hover appearance of buttons”. Could this be some sort of GTK theme issue? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/a/acadc03cdb4a5a2ab1cc420f4a2437f1498df429.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/f/fb1ff57b59383fcbb0c53c90787f8d5da417fdbc.png) * * * Extra info: ```auto Version 2.1.63 (f356f177) Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.5.0 PyQt 6.5.0 ``` - Tested with all add-ons disabled - Also reproduced in the 2.1.64rc1 - Also reproduced with minimalist mode turned off - OS: Xubuntu 20.04 ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/2 "2023-05-20T06:27:52Z")
I can’t seem to reproduce this on a Linux system here. I tried both light and dark mode, and both native and Anki styles. Maybe something specific to your system’s Qt theme? ---
**Author:** ![AquafinaWaterBottle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/aquafinawaterbottle/32/12314_2.png) [@AquafinaWaterBottle](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AquafinaWaterBottle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/3 "2023-05-21T07:11:05Z")
Just tried native and Anki styles, and it still looks too bright on my machine. It could be something strange with my Qt theme, but I unfortunately don’t have the knowledge to properly debug it. My guess is that 20.04 is getting a bit outdated, so things are ever so slowly breaking here and there, and this is just one of those issues. Whenever I get to updating my OS, I’ll check again and hopefully be able to play around with stuff like `qt6ct`. Until then, unless someone else has the issue and can reliably provide reproduction steps, **it should be safe to mark this as won’t fix / cannot reproduce.** Thanks again for the response! ---
**Author:** ![Henning.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Henning.K](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Henning.K)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/4 "2023-05-27T16:19:59Z")
I’m seeing this problem on Ubuntu 22.04 as well. ![anki_tooltip_screenshot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/e/e52d0ac862ffb68e4e3cdf8eda2b50ea259a4080.png) Version ⁨2.1.64 (581f82c5)⁩ Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.5.0 PyQt 6.5.0 I’ve seen this with 2.1.63 and 2.1.64, but it may well be older. As far as I can tell, light mode / dark mode, style (native / anki) or UI language don’t seem to make a difference. EDIT: I recently got a new machine and had some problems to install Anki on it, until I found that I needed to install libxcb-cursor0 (hxxps://forums.ankiweb.net/t/this-application-failed-to-start-because-no-qt-platform-plugin-could-be-initialized/29948/3). Maybe this is a similar problem, that there’s some part of Qt, some font or something that Anki relies on for the tooltip and that’s not installed in Ubuntu by default. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/5 "2023-05-29T08:01:48Z")
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 and ran the packaged version of Anki, and the tooltips looked correct for me. I assume you guys are not using a Flatpak/Snap, and have all add-ons disabled? ---
**Author:** ![Henning.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Henning.K](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Henning.K)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/6 "2023-05-29T09:22:26Z")
The packaged version of Anki in Ubuntu 22.04 is 2.1.15, which is relatively old. I’m using the current version 2.1.64, installed by `sudo ./install.sh`. Deactivating all extensions doesn’t seem to make a difference, the tooltips are still illegible. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/7 "2023-05-30T07:56:23Z")
I assume you restarted Anki after disabling them, or started with the shift key? Have you customized the default theme of Ubuntu? ---
**Author:** ![tatsumoto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/tatsumoto/32/5411_2.png) [@tatsumoto](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/tatsumoto)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/8 "2023-05-30T17:48:00Z")
A simple solution is likely to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system. If you choose a rolling-release distro, it will have a newer package available in the repositories, such as [anki](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/anki) in the AUR which is currently at 2.1.64. ---
**Author:** ![AquafinaWaterBottle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/aquafinawaterbottle/32/12314_2.png) [@AquafinaWaterBottle](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AquafinaWaterBottle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/9 "2023-05-30T23:59:29Z")
@tatsumoto Henning.K seems to be using the latest stable (LTS) version of Ubuntu, so there doesn’t seem like something to update to past that unfortunately. @dae Just like Henning.K, I’ve been using the standard `sudo ./install.sh` method, and at least for me, I held down shift when starting up Anki. I did modify the default theme using `qt5ct` to `adwaita-dark` (installed from `sudo apt install adwaita-qt`) a while ago. Since it’s Qt5, I’m not sure if it has any actual effect though. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/10 "2023-05-31T05:18:33Z")
I was able to reproduce it after switching the system to dark mode, and a fix will be in the next update. ---
**Author:** ![AquafinaWaterBottle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/aquafinawaterbottle/32/12314_2.png) [@AquafinaWaterBottle](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AquafinaWaterBottle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/11 "2023-05-31T07:55:05Z")
Just tested the 2.1.65 release candidate, and it was fixed on my end. Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Henning.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Henning.K](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Henning.K)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/12 "2023-06-05T17:34:19Z")
I’m afraid I still see the problem with the latest release Version ⁨2.1.65 (aa9a734f)⁩ Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.5.0 PyQt 6.5.0 Deactivating any extensions doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’ve tried restarting Anki, restarting the session (logging out and logging in again) and restarting the machine. Is there something I could try to further debug the problem? ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/13 "2023-06-07T06:07:57Z")
Since it works for me on a stock 22.04 install, perhaps you have changed the system theme in the past to something else? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/14 "2023-07-07T06:08:35Z")
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**Author:** ![Henning.K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Henning.K](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Henning.K)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/15 "2023-11-05T13:45:45Z")
_I’d prefer not to open a new topic whenever I need to come back to this issue, but [the last one](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltips-still-illegible-in-dark-mode-on-ubuntu-22-04/30980) has been automatically closed since. Maybe @dae or somebody else can combine the topics, also including [the original one](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/13)?_ [As mentioned on GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/23.10.1rc1) , > Please report any improvements or regressions you notice, as we need to decide whether to (partially) revert this before the stable release. so I can report that the tooltips in Anki 23.10.1rc1 are fine and legible. The problem still occured in 23.10, but no longer in the latest RC. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tooltip-hover-appearance-looks-strange/30384/16 "2023-11-06T04:43:47Z")
Thanks for letting me know!