Tooltip Delay: Simple before expanding to full description?

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I am using a yaml file with called bundle.yaml with the following code inside.
I’d like to know if the tooltip can be set up to where you hover over the tool quickly it shows a simple description before you leave the mouse on it and it shows the full description?

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
highlight: new

title:
  en_us: |
    Tstat/Equipment
    Pair Finder

description: Highlights pairs between thermostats and equipment using ID Instance. Shift-click to redefine.

tooltip:
  en_us: |-
    🧭 **Description**:

    Identifies pairings and mismatches between Mechanical Equipment and Communication Devices using the shared parameter `ID Instance`.

    Draws connection lines or alert circles in the active view:

    🔵 **Blue Line** — Equipment and Thermostat pair found *in view*  
    🔵 **Blue Circle** — Pair exists, but counterpart is *not visible*  
    🔴 **Red Circle** — *Mismatch*: equipment or thermostat missing or unmatched

    💾 **Presets Saved At**:
    `C:\Users\<username>\MyPyRevitPresets`

    📅 **Date**: 2025-06-20  
    🆚 **Version**: 4.1.0

this line would be the quick hover description

description: Highlights pairs between thermostats and equipment using ID Instance. Shift-click to redefine.

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You could set it using: pyRevit/pyrevitlib/pyrevit/coreutils/ribbon.py at f3167c675bb74837e3691a1293676330589e267d · pyrevitlabs/pyRevit · GitHub

Which is leveraging LongDescription Property

You will have to dig a bit in the code base to have a look into its implementation

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