diff --git a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/FloatingPopover.ts b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/FloatingPopover.ts
index c3285801..202f4707 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/FloatingPopover.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/FloatingPopover.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const FloatingPopoverComponent = defineComponent({
     )
 
     let previousContent: VNode | undefined
+    let previousStyle: Record<string, string> = {}
 
     return () => {
       // Force re-render to update the position
@@ -62,6 +63,23 @@ const FloatingPopoverComponent = defineComponent({
       if (!el.value)
         return null
 
+      // When dismissing (item is null), keep the last known position
+      // so the popover fades out in place instead of jumping
+      if (!props.item) {
+        return h(
+          'div',
+          {
+            ref: 'panel',
+            class: [
+              'fixed z-floating-tooltip text-xs transition-all duration-300 w-max bg-glass color-base border border-base rounded px2 p1',
+              'op0 pointer-events-none',
+            ],
+            style: previousStyle,
+          },
+          previousContent,
+        )
+      }
+
       const rect = el.value.getBoundingClientRect()
 
       // guess alignment of the tooltip based on viewport position
@@ -116,6 +134,8 @@ const FloatingPopoverComponent = defineComponent({
         }
       }
 
+      previousStyle = style
+
       const content = (
         typeof props.item?.content === 'string'
           ? h('span', props.item?.content)