# Why Does a Popover Button re-open instead of Closing **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** user-interface, button-bar\ **Created:** [November 16, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202 "2022-11-16T21:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/1 "2022-11-16T21:21:33Z")
Popover buttons normally have a toggle state. click on a button and the popover is displayed. click the button a second time and the popover is closed. For some reason I have two popovers that are not doing that. On the second click they close and then re-open. I have the debugger on to see if there are any scripts being triggered but I can't see any actions occurring. Are there any known reasons for a popover re-opening instead of closing? ---
**Author:** ![Susurrus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/susurrus/32/472_2.png) [@Susurrus](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Susurrus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/2 "2022-11-17T23:08:03Z")
I have not ran into this issue myself but I have had odd issues form time to time pop up and at times closing the FileMaker or even at times restarting the system solves it. It is worth a try if you have not done so already. ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/3 "2022-11-17T23:23:00Z")
Interesting. It's an app running on Claris FileMaker Cloud. I'll check the logs to see when it is stopped/started. ---
**Author:** ![FileKraft](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/filekraft/32/1183_2.png) [@FileKraft](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/FileKraft)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/4 "2022-11-18T16:41:44Z")
check the tab order ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/5 "2022-11-18T19:13:05Z")
🧐 I'll follow that up. ---
**Author:** ![Keywords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@Keywords](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Keywords)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/6 "2022-11-20T11:30:36Z")
Have a read of this thread I posted a couple of years ago on TechNet, and the very help full response: [https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w00005OlXbmCAF/hard-to-explain-popover-button-behaviour](https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w00005OlXbmCAF/hard-to-explain-popover-button-behaviour) It details a specific button setup,. but if you are using anything like that it may help you. ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/why-does-a-popover-button-re-open-instead-of-closing/3202/7 "2022-11-20T16:47:25Z")
That post describes _exactlly_ the same situation! 🤩 I have placed two fields above the popover, both are locked on browse mode. I’m doing that instead of labeling the popover to provide access to the fields in find mode. I had two popovers displaying this behaviour. One would only display the behaviour occasionally. I checked and there was an overlap from the field beside it. I'm guessing that I was clicking the field occasionally.