[Feature Request]: allow Multiselect / Dropdowns to have Carbon tooltips on hover

[randygii]

The problem

In my product, we have a problem where titles within a dropdown can exceed the available space, forcing the user to hover over the entries in the dropdown. We currently use the browser dropdown, which takes about 2-3 seconds to appear...since our customer is trying to parse a lot of entries, this is a major UX problem.

The solution

In our solution, we're increasing the size of the dropdown, so that the full title can be shown, however, there still might a be a situation where the title would still exceed the available space. What I would love to be able to do is use the Carbon Tooltip alongside the larger dropdown, ensuring that even if something is longer than the available space, the user can still see a tooltip, much more quickly than the browser.

I've been told by development that multiselect/dropdowns do not support this functionality, so here I am, filing a request.

Examples

Application/PAL

Turbonomic

Business priority

Medium Priority = upcoming release but is not pressing

Available extra resources

No response

Code of Conduct

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[alina-jacob]

Also mentioned here as an enhancement request for all Carbon components to have Carbon tooltips.