| Name | Type | Default | Description
| ---- | ---- | ------- | -----------
-| `mode` | `string` | `'nearest'` | Sets which elements appear in the tooltip. See [Interaction Modes](modes.md#interaction-modes) for details.
-| `intersect` | `boolean` | `true` | if true, the hover mode only applies when the mouse position intersects an item on the chart.
+| `mode` | `string` | `'nearest'` | Sets which elements appear in the interaction. See [Interaction Modes](modes.md#interaction-modes) for details.
+| `intersect` | `boolean` | `true` | if true, the interaction mode only applies when the mouse position intersects an item on the chart.
| `axis` | `string` | `'x'` | Can be set to `'x'`, `'y'`, or `'xy'` to define which directions are used in calculating distances. Defaults to `'x'` for `'index'` mode and `'xy'` in `dataset` and `'nearest'` modes.
-The same options can be set into the `options.hover` namespace, in which case they will only affect the hover effect and the tooltip configuration will be kept independent.
+By default, these options apply to both the hover and tooltip interactions. The same options can be set in the `options.hover` namespace, in which case they will only affect the hover interaction. Similarly, the options can be set in the `options.plugins.tooltip` namespace to independently configure the tooltip interactions.
title: Interaction Modes
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-When configuring interaction with the graph via hover or tooltips, a number of different modes are available.
+When configuring the interaction with the graph via `interaction`, `hover` or `tooltips`, a number of different modes are available.
`options.hover` and `options.plugins.tooltip` extend from `options.interaction`. So if `mode`, `intersect` or any other common settings are configured only in `options.interaction`, both hover and tooltips obey that.