# Element Selection Strategy

Added three new element selection strategies for targeting pin and tooltip target elements to prevent accidental appearances.

Source: https://amplitude.com/en-us/releases/element-selection-strategy

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Guides and SurveysAug 27, 2025

[\[All updates\]](/releases)

### Element Selection Strategy

Wes Feller

**Description:** Added three new element selection strategies for targeting pin and tooltip target elements to prevent accidental appearances. Users can now choose between:

- "Selector + Inner text" (new default) - requires both CSS selector AND text content to match
- "Selector with text fallback" (old behavior) - tries selector first, falls back to text matching
- "Selector only" - matches purely on CSS/XPath selector, ignores text content

**Why:** Previous selector strategy was too loose, causing pins/tooltips to appear unexpectedly. This gives users better control over when GS should show and reduces accidental appearances.

**Where:** GS builder → Build tab → Pin/Tooltip step positioning dropdown

**When:** Already GA

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