diff --git a/packages/components/package.json b/packages/components/package.json
index 5015ab35..52a4ebc0 100644
--- a/packages/components/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.2.20",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@floating-ui/react-dom": "^0.7.2",
+    "@floating-ui/react-dom-interactions": "^0.6.6",
     "@headlessui/react": "^1.6.5",
     "@heroicons/react": "^1.0.6",
     "@hookform/resolvers": "^2.9.3",
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleItem.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleItem.tsx
index e68da76a..647cc08c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/SquiggleItem.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "./DistributionChart";
 import { FunctionChart, FunctionChartSettings } from "./FunctionChart";
 import clsx from "clsx";
-import { LayoutGroup, motion } from "framer-motion";
+import { Tooltip } from "./ui/Tooltip";
 
 function getRange<a>(x: declaration<a>) {
   const first = x.args[0];
@@ -40,59 +40,45 @@ interface VariableBoxProps {
   name?: string;
   heading: string;
   children: React.ReactNode;
-  showTypes: boolean;
 }
 
 const VariableBox: React.FC<VariableBoxProps> = ({
   name,
   heading = "Error",
   children,
-  showTypes = false,
 }) => {
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(false);
   return (
-    <motion.div layout transition={{ type: "tween" }}>
-      {name || showTypes ? (
-        <motion.header
-          layout="position"
-          transition={{ type: "tween" }}
+    <div>
+      {name ? (
+        <header
           className="inline-flex space-x-1 text-slate-500 font-mono text-sm cursor-pointer"
           onClick={() => setIsCollapsed(!isCollapsed)}
         >
-          {name ? <span>{name}:</span> : null}
-          {showTypes ? <span>{heading}</span> : null}
+          {name ? (
+            <Tooltip text={heading}>
+              <span>{name}:</span>
+            </Tooltip>
+          ) : null}
           {isCollapsed ? (
             <span className="bg-slate-200 rounded p-0.5 font-xs">...</span>
           ) : null}
-        </motion.header>
+        </header>
       ) : null}
-      {isCollapsed ? null : (
-        <motion.div layout="position" transition={{ type: "tween" }}>
-          {children}
-        </motion.div>
-      )}
-    </motion.div>
+      {isCollapsed ? null : <div>{children}</div>}
+    </div>
   );
 };
 
 const VariableList: React.FC<{
   name?: string;
   heading: string;
-  showTypes: boolean;
   children: React.ReactNode;
-}> = ({ name, heading, showTypes, children }) => (
-  <VariableBox name={name} heading={heading} showTypes={showTypes}>
-    <motion.div
-      layout="position"
-      transition={{ type: "tween" }}
-      className={clsx(
-        "space-y-3",
-        name ? "border-l pl-4" : null,
-        name || showTypes ? "pt-1 mt-1" : null
-      )}
-    >
-      <LayoutGroup>{children}</LayoutGroup>
-    </motion.div>
+}> = ({ name, heading, children }) => (
+  <VariableBox name={name} heading={heading}>
+    <div className={clsx("space-y-3", name ? "border-l pl-4 pt-1 mt-1" : null)}>
+      {children}
+    </div>
   </VariableBox>
 );
 
@@ -103,8 +89,8 @@ export interface SquiggleItemProps {
   width?: number;
   height: number;
   distributionPlotSettings: DistributionPlottingSettings;
-  /** Whether to show type information */
-  showTypes: boolean;
+  /** Whether to show type information; deprecated */
+  showTypes?: boolean;
   /** Settings for displaying functions */
   chartSettings: FunctionChartSettings;
   /** Environment for further function executions */
@@ -124,7 +110,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
   switch (expression.tag) {
     case "number":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Number" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Number">
           <div className="font-semibold text-slate-600">
             <NumberShower precision={3} number={expression.value} />
           </div>
@@ -135,12 +121,10 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
       return (
         <VariableBox
           name={name}
-          heading={`Distribution (${distType})`}
-          showTypes={showTypes}
+          heading={`Distribution (${distType})\n${
+            distType === "Symbolic" ? expression.value.toString() : ""
+          }`}
         >
-          {distType === "Symbolic" && showTypes ? (
-            <div>{expression.value.toString()}</div>
-          ) : null}
           <DistributionChart
             distribution={expression.value}
             {...distributionPlotSettings}
@@ -152,7 +136,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
     }
     case "string":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="String" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="String">
           <span className="text-slate-400">"</span>
           <span className="text-slate-600 font-semibold font-mono">
             {expression.value}
@@ -162,45 +146,45 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
       );
     case "boolean":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Boolean" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Boolean">
           {expression.value.toString()}
         </VariableBox>
       );
     case "symbol":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Symbol" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Symbol">
           <span className="text-slate-500 mr-2">Undefined Symbol:</span>
           <span className="text-slate-600">{expression.value}</span>
         </VariableBox>
       );
     case "call":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Call" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Call">
           {expression.value}
         </VariableBox>
       );
     case "arraystring":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Array String" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Array String">
           {expression.value.map((r) => `"${r}"`).join(", ")}
         </VariableBox>
       );
     case "date":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Date" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Date">
           {expression.value.toDateString()}
         </VariableBox>
       );
     case "timeDuration": {
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Time Duration" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Time Duration">
           <NumberShower precision={3} number={expression.value} />
         </VariableBox>
       );
     }
     case "lambda":
       return (
-        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Function" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Function">
           <div className="text-amber-700 bg-amber-100 rounded-md font-mono p-1 pl-2 mb-3 mt-1 text-sm">{`function(${expression.value.parameters.join(
             ","
           )})`}</div>
@@ -218,11 +202,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
       );
     case "lambdaDeclaration": {
       return (
-        <VariableBox
-          name={name}
-          heading="Function Declaration"
-          showTypes={showTypes}
-        >
+        <VariableBox name={name} heading="Function Declaration">
           <FunctionChart
             fn={expression.value.fn}
             chartSettings={getChartSettings(expression.value)}
@@ -238,7 +218,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
     }
     case "module": {
       return (
-        <VariableList name={name} heading="Module" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableList name={name} heading="Module">
           {Object.entries(expression.value)
             .filter(([key, r]) => key !== "Math")
             .map(([key, r]) => (
@@ -248,7 +228,6 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
                 expression={r}
                 width={width !== undefined ? width - 20 : width}
                 height={height / 3}
-                showTypes={showTypes}
                 distributionPlotSettings={distributionPlotSettings}
                 chartSettings={chartSettings}
                 environment={environment}
@@ -259,7 +238,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
     }
     case "record":
       return (
-        <VariableList name={name} heading="Record" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableList name={name} heading="Record">
           {Object.entries(expression.value).map(([key, r]) => (
             <SquiggleItem
               key={key}
@@ -267,7 +246,6 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
               expression={r}
               width={width !== undefined ? width - 20 : width}
               height={height / 3}
-              showTypes={showTypes}
               distributionPlotSettings={distributionPlotSettings}
               chartSettings={chartSettings}
               environment={environment}
@@ -277,7 +255,7 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
       );
     case "array":
       return (
-        <VariableList name={name} heading="Array" showTypes={showTypes}>
+        <VariableList name={name} heading="Array">
           {expression.value.map((r, i) => (
             <SquiggleItem
               key={i}
@@ -286,7 +264,6 @@ export const SquiggleItem: React.FC<SquiggleItemProps> = ({
               width={width !== undefined ? width - 20 : width}
               height={50}
               distributionPlotSettings={distributionPlotSettings}
-              showTypes={showTypes}
               chartSettings={chartSettings}
               environment={environment}
             />
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/ui/Tooltip.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/ui/Tooltip.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..714f8861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/ui/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import React, { cloneElement, useState } from "react";
+import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "framer-motion";
+import {
+  shift,
+  useDismiss,
+  useFloating,
+  useHover,
+  useInteractions,
+  useRole,
+} from "@floating-ui/react-dom-interactions";
+
+interface Props {
+  text: string;
+  children: JSX.Element;
+}
+
+export const Tooltip: React.FC<Props> = ({ text, children }) => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  const { x, y, reference, floating, strategy, context } = useFloating({
+    placement: "top",
+    open,
+    onOpenChange: setOpen,
+    middleware: [shift()],
+  });
+
+  const { getReferenceProps, getFloatingProps } = useInteractions([
+    useHover(context),
+    useRole(context, { role: "tooltip" }),
+    useDismiss(context),
+  ]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {cloneElement(
+        children,
+        getReferenceProps({ ref: reference, ...children.props })
+      )}
+      <AnimatePresence>
+        {open && (
+          <motion.div
+            initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
+            exit={{ opacity: 0 }}
+            transition={{ duration: 0.15 }}
+            {...getFloatingProps({
+              ref: floating,
+              className:
+                "text-xs p-2 border border-gray-300 rounded bg-white z-10",
+              style: {
+                position: strategy,
+                top: y ?? 0,
+                left: x ?? 0,
+              },
+            })}
+          >
+            <pre>{text}</pre>
+          </motion.div>
+        )}
+      </AnimatePresence>
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bb697719..a9c08c38 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1829,6 +1829,35 @@
     minimatch "^3.1.2"
     strip-json-comments "^3.1.1"
 
+"@floating-ui/core@^0.7.3":
+  version "0.7.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@floating-ui/core/-/core-0.7.3.tgz#d274116678ffae87f6b60e90f88cc4083eefab86"
+  integrity sha512-buc8BXHmG9l82+OQXOFU3Kr2XQx9ys01U/Q9HMIrZ300iLc8HLMgh7dcCqgYzAzf4BkoQvDcXf5Y+CuEZ5JBYg==
+
+"@floating-ui/dom@^0.5.3":
+  version "0.5.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@floating-ui/dom/-/dom-0.5.4.tgz#4eae73f78bcd4bd553ae2ade30e6f1f9c73fe3f1"
+  integrity sha512-419BMceRLq0RrmTSDxn8hf9R3VCJv2K9PUfugh5JyEFmdjzDo+e8U5EdR8nzKq8Yj1htzLm3b6eQEEam3/rrtg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@floating-ui/core" "^0.7.3"
+
+"@floating-ui/react-dom-interactions@^0.6.6":
+  version "0.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@floating-ui/react-dom-interactions/-/react-dom-interactions-0.6.6.tgz#8542e8c4bcbee2cd0d512de676c6a493e0a2d168"
+  integrity sha512-qnao6UPjSZNHnXrF+u4/n92qVroQkx0Umlhy3Avk1oIebm/5ee6yvDm4xbHob0OjY7ya8WmUnV3rQlPwX3Atwg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@floating-ui/react-dom" "^0.7.2"
+    aria-hidden "^1.1.3"
+    use-isomorphic-layout-effect "^1.1.1"
+
+"@floating-ui/react-dom@^0.7.2":
+  version "0.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@floating-ui/react-dom/-/react-dom-0.7.2.tgz#0bf4ceccb777a140fc535c87eb5d6241c8e89864"
+  integrity sha512-1T0sJcpHgX/u4I1OzIEhlcrvkUN8ln39nz7fMoE/2HDHrPiMFoOGR7++GYyfUmIQHkkrTinaeQsO3XWubjSvGg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@floating-ui/dom" "^0.5.3"
+    use-isomorphic-layout-effect "^1.1.1"
+
 "@gar/promisify@^1.0.1":
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gar/promisify/-/promisify-1.1.3.tgz#555193ab2e3bb3b6adc3d551c9c030d9e860daf6"
@@ -4421,10 +4450,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/react" "*"
 
-"@types/react@*", "@types/react@^18.0.1", "@types/react@^18.0.9":
-  version "18.0.14"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react/-/react-18.0.14.tgz#e016616ffff51dba01b04945610fe3671fdbe06d"
-  integrity sha512-x4gGuASSiWmo0xjDLpm5mPb52syZHJx02VKbqUKdLmKtAwIh63XClGsiTI1K6DO5q7ox4xAsQrU+Gl3+gGXF9Q==
+"@types/react@*", "@types/react@17.0.43", "@types/react@^18.0.9":
+  version "17.0.43"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react/-/react-17.0.43.tgz#4adc142887dd4a2601ce730bc56c3436fdb07a55"
+  integrity sha512-8Q+LNpdxf057brvPu1lMtC5Vn7J119xrP1aq4qiaefNioQUYANF/CYeK4NsKorSZyUGJ66g0IM+4bbjwx45o2A==
   dependencies:
     "@types/prop-types" "*"
     "@types/scheduler" "*"
@@ -5373,6 +5402,13 @@ argv@0.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argv/-/argv-0.0.2.tgz#ecbd16f8949b157183711b1bda334f37840185ab"
   integrity sha512-dEamhpPEwRUBpLNHeuCm/v+g0anFByHahxodVO/BbAarHVBBg2MccCwf9K+o1Pof+2btdnkJelYVUWjW/VrATw==
 
+aria-hidden@^1.1.3:
+  version "1.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aria-hidden/-/aria-hidden-1.1.3.tgz#bb48de18dc84787a3c6eee113709c473c64ec254"
+  integrity sha512-RhVWFtKH5BiGMycI72q2RAFMLQi8JP9bLuQXgR5a8Znp7P5KOIADSJeyfI8PCVxLEp067B2HbP5JIiI/PXIZeA==
+  dependencies:
+    tslib "^1.0.0"
+
 aria-query@^4.2.2:
   version "4.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aria-query/-/aria-query-4.2.2.tgz#0d2ca6c9aceb56b8977e9fed6aed7e15bbd2f83b"
@@ -14872,7 +14908,7 @@ react-vega@^7.5.1:
     prop-types "^15.8.1"
     vega-embed "^6.5.1"
 
-react@^18.0.0, react@^18.1.0:
+react@^18.1.0:
   version "18.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-18.2.0.tgz#555bd98592883255fa00de14f1151a917b5d77d5"
   integrity sha512-/3IjMdb2L9QbBdWiW5e3P2/npwMBaU9mHCSCUzNln0ZCYbcfTsGbTJrU/kGemdH2IWmB2ioZ+zkxtmq6g09fGQ==
@@ -17071,7 +17107,7 @@ tsconfig-paths@^3.14.1, tsconfig-paths@^3.9.0:
     minimist "^1.2.6"
     strip-bom "^3.0.0"
 
-tslib@^1.8.1:
+tslib@^1.0.0, tslib@^1.8.1:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.1.tgz#cf2d38bdc34a134bcaf1091c41f6619e2f672d00"
   integrity sha512-Xni35NKzjgMrwevysHTCArtLDpPvye8zV/0E4EyYn43P7/7qvQwPh9BGkHewbMulVntbigmcT7rdX3BNo9wRJg==