diff --git a/js/tabularfieldsselector.js b/js/tabularfieldsselector.js
index 3cd070044..2d154ec1c 100644
--- a/js/tabularfieldsselector.js
+++ b/js/tabularfieldsselector.js
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ $(function () {
 					var sDataAttcode = $(elt).attr('data-attcode');
 					var sTooltipContent = me._get_tooltip_content(sDataAttcode);
 					tippy(elt, {
+						appendTo: document.body,
 						'content': sTooltipContent,
 						allowHTML: true,
 						interactive: true,