diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.html b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.html
index 6a32d87..5be4c19 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.html
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.html
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 ~ limitations under the License.
 -->
-<svg class="embeddedIcon" [attr.width]="iconSize" [attr.height]="iconSize" viewBox="0 0 50 50">
-    <g class="icon" [ngClass]="iconId">
+<svg class="embeddedIcon" [attr.width]="iconSize" [attr.height]="iconSize" viewBox="0 0 50 50" (mouseover)="toolTipDisp = toolTip" (mouseout)="toolTipDisp = undefined">
+    <g class="icon" [ngClass]="classes">
         <rect width="50" height="50" rx="5"></rect>
         <use width="50" height="50" class="glyph" [attr.href]="iconTag()"></use>
     </g>
 </svg>
+<!-- I'm fixing class as light as view encapsulation changes how the hirerarchy of css is handled -->
+<p id="tooltip" class="light" *ngIf="toolTip" [ngStyle]="{ 'display': toolTipDisp ? 'inline-block':'none' }">{{ toolTipDisp }}</p>
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.ts b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.ts
index 45be81f..c851f47 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.ts
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.component.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { IconService, glyphMapping } from '../icon.service';
 import { LogService } from '../../../log.service';
-import * as d3 from 'd3';
 
 /**
  * Icon Component
@@ -31,11 +30,20 @@
 @Component({
   selector: 'onos-icon',
   templateUrl: './icon.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./icon.component.css', './icon.theme.css', './glyph.css', './glyph-theme.css']
+  styleUrls: [
+    './icon.component.css', './icon.theme.css',
+    './glyph.css', './glyph-theme.css',
+    './tooltip.css', './tooltip-theme.css'
+    ]
 })
 export class IconComponent implements OnInit {
     @Input() iconId: string;
-    @Input() iconSize = 20;
+    @Input() iconSize: number = 20;
+    @Input() toolTip: string = undefined;
+    @Input() classes: string = undefined;
+
+    // The displayed tooltip - undefined until mouse hovers over, then equals toolTip
+    toolTipDisp: string = undefined;
 
     constructor(
         private is: IconService,
@@ -47,7 +55,6 @@
 
     ngOnInit() {
         this.is.loadIconDef(this.iconId);
-        this.log.debug('IconComponent initialized for ', this.iconId);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.theme.css b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.theme.css
index 59cf10f..3e6f601 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.theme.css
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/icon.theme.css
@@ -40,6 +40,46 @@
     fill: #3c3a3a;
 }
 
+/* --- Control Buttons --- */
+
+/* INACTIVE */
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon use {
+    fill: #e0dfd6;
+}
+/* note: no change for inactive buttons when hovered */
+
+
+/* ACTIVE */
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.active use {
+    fill: #939598;
+}
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.active:hover use {
+    fill: #ce5b58;
+}
+
+/* CURRENT-VIEW */
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.current-view rect {
+    fill: #518ecc;
+}
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.current-view use {
+    fill: white;
+}
+
+/* REFRESH */
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.refresh use {
+    fill: #cdeff2;
+}
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.refresh:hover use {
+    fill: #ce5b58;
+}
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.refresh.active use {
+    fill: #009fdb;
+}
+svg.embeddedIcon g.icon.refresh.active:hover use {
+    fill: #ce5b58;
+}
+
+
 /* ========== DARK Theme ========== */
 
 .dark div.close-btn svg.embeddedIcon g.icon .glyph {
@@ -61,11 +101,12 @@
 .dark table svg.embeddedIcon .icon .glyph {
     fill: #9999aa;
 }
-
+/*
 svg.embeddedIcon g.icon .glyph {
     fill: #007dc4;
 }
 
 svg.embeddedIcon:hover g.icon .glyph {
     fill: #20b2ff;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip-theme.css b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip-theme.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a703d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip-theme.css
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Tooltip Service (theme) -- CSS file
+ */
+.light#tooltip {
+    background-color: #dbeffc;
+    color: #3c3a3a;
+    border-color: #c7c7c0;
+}
+
+.dark#tooltip {
+    background-color: #3a3a60;
+    border-color: #6c6a6a;
+    color: #c7c7c0;
+}
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip.css b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a5443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/fw/svg/icon/tooltip.css
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Tooltip Service (layout) -- CSS file
+ */
+
+#tooltip {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: 80%;
+    border: 1px solid;
+    padding: 5px;
+    position: absolute;
+    z-index: 5000;
+    display: none;
+    pointer-events: none;
+}