diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/CanvasPage.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/CanvasPage.js
index 2fe64b0c56519..e1aca3eb640cf 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/CanvasPage.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/CanvasPage.js
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ function AutoSizedCanvas({data, height, width}: AutoSizedCanvasProps) {
           );
         }}
       </ContextMenu>
-      {!isContextMenuShown && (
+      {!isContextMenuShown && !surfaceRef.current.hasActiveView() && (
         <EventTooltip
           data={data}
           hoveredEvent={hoveredEvent}
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/FlamechartView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/FlamechartView.js
index 99fbc761a0088..d84a057dd2918 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/FlamechartView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/FlamechartView.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import type {
   MouseMoveInteraction,
   Rect,
   Size,
-  ViewRef,
+  ViewRefs,
 } from '../view-base';
 
 import {
@@ -246,11 +246,7 @@ class FlamechartStackLayerView extends View {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const {_stackLayer, frame, _intrinsicSize, _onHover, visibleArea} = this;
     const {location} = interaction.payload;
     if (!_onHover || !rectContainsPoint(location, visibleArea)) {
@@ -270,7 +266,7 @@ class FlamechartStackLayerView extends View {
       const x = Math.floor(timestampToPosition(timestamp, scaleFactor, frame));
       if (x <= location.x && x + width >= location.x) {
         this.currentCursor = 'pointer';
-        hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+        viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
         _onHover(flamechartStackFrame);
         return;
       }
@@ -287,14 +283,10 @@ class FlamechartStackLayerView extends View {
 
   _didGrab: boolean = false;
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/NativeEventsView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/NativeEventsView.js
index 53905e2492878..9e764e51993fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/NativeEventsView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/NativeEventsView.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   MouseMoveInteraction,
   Rect,
   Size,
-  ViewRef,
+  ViewRefs,
 } from '../view-base';
 
 import {
@@ -255,11 +255,7 @@ export class NativeEventsView extends View {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const {frame, _intrinsicSize, onHover, visibleArea} = this;
     if (!onHover) {
       return;
@@ -290,7 +286,7 @@ export class NativeEventsView extends View {
         ) {
           this.currentCursor = 'pointer';
 
-          hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+          viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
 
           onHover(nativeEvent);
           return;
@@ -301,14 +297,10 @@ export class NativeEventsView extends View {
     onHover(null);
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactEventsView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactEventsView.js
index 2c2c1d5e99176..6d35a5f1ca644 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactEventsView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactEventsView.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   MouseMoveInteraction,
   Rect,
   Size,
-  ViewRef,
+  ViewRefs,
 } from '../view-base';
 
 import {
@@ -231,11 +231,7 @@ export class ReactEventsView extends View {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const {frame, onHover, visibleArea} = this;
     if (!onHover) {
       return;
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ export class ReactEventsView extends View {
         hoverTimestamp <= timestamp + eventTimestampAllowance
       ) {
         this.currentCursor = 'pointer';
-        hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+        viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
         onHover(event);
         return;
       }
@@ -280,14 +276,10 @@ export class ReactEventsView extends View {
     onHover(null);
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactMeasuresView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactMeasuresView.js
index fc46a3b270471..9bd032b081396 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactMeasuresView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/ReactMeasuresView.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   MouseMoveInteraction,
   Rect,
   Size,
-  ViewRef,
+  ViewRefs,
 } from '../view-base';
 
 import {
@@ -256,11 +256,7 @@ export class ReactMeasuresView extends View {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const {
       frame,
       _intrinsicSize,
@@ -311,7 +307,7 @@ export class ReactMeasuresView extends View {
         hoverTimestamp <= timestamp + duration
       ) {
         this.currentCursor = 'pointer';
-        hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+        viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
         onHover(measure);
         return;
       }
@@ -320,14 +316,10 @@ export class ReactMeasuresView extends View {
     onHover(null);
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/UserTimingMarksView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/UserTimingMarksView.js
index 7ac95c82253a8..92c82c119d2ef 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/UserTimingMarksView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/content-views/UserTimingMarksView.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type {
   MouseMoveInteraction,
   Rect,
   Size,
-  ViewRef,
+  ViewRefs,
 } from '../view-base';
 
 import {
@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ export class UserTimingMarksView extends View {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const {frame, onHover, visibleArea} = this;
     if (!onHover) {
       return;
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ export class UserTimingMarksView extends View {
         hoverTimestamp <= timestamp + markTimestampAllowance
       ) {
         this.currentCursor = 'pointer';
-        hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+        viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
         onHover(mark);
         return;
       }
@@ -238,14 +234,10 @@ export class UserTimingMarksView extends View {
     onHover(null);
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/HorizontalPanAndZoomView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/HorizontalPanAndZoomView.js
index 706159ac40d19..8d8f427596ce3 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/HorizontalPanAndZoomView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/HorizontalPanAndZoomView.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type {
 } from './useCanvasInteraction';
 import type {Rect} from './geometry';
 import type {ScrollState} from './utils/scrollState';
-import type {ViewRef} from './Surface';
+import type {ViewRefs} from './Surface';
 
 import {Surface} from './Surface';
 import {View} from './View';
@@ -156,34 +156,26 @@ export class HorizontalPanAndZoomView extends View {
     this._setScrollState(newState);
   }
 
-  _handleMouseDown(
-    interaction: MouseDownInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseDown(interaction: MouseDownInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     if (rectContainsPoint(interaction.payload.location, this.frame)) {
       this._isPanning = true;
 
-      activeViewRef.current = this;
+      viewRefs.activeView = this;
 
       this.currentCursor = 'grabbing';
     }
   }
 
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const isHovered = rectContainsPoint(
       interaction.payload.location,
       this.frame,
     );
     if (isHovered) {
-      hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+      viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
     }
 
-    if (activeViewRef.current === this) {
+    if (viewRefs.activeView === this) {
       this.currentCursor = 'grabbing';
     } else if (isHovered) {
       this.currentCursor = 'grab';
@@ -200,17 +192,13 @@ export class HorizontalPanAndZoomView extends View {
     this._setStateAndInformCallbacksIfChanged(newState);
   }
 
-  _handleMouseUp(
-    interaction: MouseUpInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseUp(interaction: MouseUpInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     if (this._isPanning) {
       this._isPanning = false;
     }
 
-    if (activeViewRef.current === this) {
-      activeViewRef.current = null;
+    if (viewRefs.activeView === this) {
+      viewRefs.activeView = null;
     }
   }
 
@@ -273,20 +261,16 @@ export class HorizontalPanAndZoomView extends View {
     this._setStateAndInformCallbacksIfChanged(newState);
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousedown':
-        this._handleMouseDown(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseDown(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
       case 'mouseup':
-        this._handleMouseUp(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseUp(interaction, viewRefs);
         break;
       case 'wheel-plain':
         this._handleWheelPlain(interaction);
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/ResizableSplitView.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/ResizableSplitView.js
index 3b9edde41e787..177fe5f2c76d1 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/ResizableSplitView.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/ResizableSplitView.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type {
   MouseUpInteraction,
 } from './useCanvasInteraction';
 import type {Rect, Size} from './geometry';
-import type {ViewRef} from './Surface';
+import type {ViewRefs} from './Surface';
 
 import {COLORS} from '../content-views/constants';
 import nullthrows from 'nullthrows';
@@ -83,36 +83,28 @@ class ResizeBar extends View {
     this._updateColor();
   }
 
-  _handleMouseDown(
-    interaction: MouseDownInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseDown(interaction: MouseDownInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const cursorInView = rectContainsPoint(
       interaction.payload.location,
       this.frame,
     );
     if (cursorInView) {
       this._setInteractionState('dragging');
-      activeViewRef.current = this;
+      viewRefs.activeView = this;
     }
   }
 
-  _handleMouseMove(
-    interaction: MouseMoveInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseMove(interaction: MouseMoveInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const cursorInView = rectContainsPoint(
       interaction.payload.location,
       this.frame,
     );
 
-    if (cursorInView || activeViewRef.current === this) {
+    if (cursorInView || viewRefs.activeView === this) {
       this.currentCursor = 'ns-resize';
     }
     if (cursorInView) {
-      hoveredViewRef.current = this;
+      viewRefs.hoveredView = this;
     }
 
     if (this._interactionState === 'dragging') {
@@ -121,11 +113,7 @@ class ResizeBar extends View {
     this._setInteractionState(cursorInView ? 'hovered' : 'normal');
   }
 
-  _handleMouseUp(
-    interaction: MouseUpInteraction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  _handleMouseUp(interaction: MouseUpInteraction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     const cursorInView = rectContainsPoint(
       interaction.payload.location,
       this.frame,
@@ -134,25 +122,21 @@ class ResizeBar extends View {
       this._setInteractionState(cursorInView ? 'hovered' : 'normal');
     }
 
-    if (activeViewRef.current === this) {
-      activeViewRef.current = null;
+    if (viewRefs.activeView === this) {
+      viewRefs.activeView = null;
     }
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousedown':
-        this._handleMouseDown(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseDown(interaction, viewRefs);
         return;
       case 'mousemove':
-        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseMove(interaction, viewRefs);
         return;
       case 'mouseup':
-        this._handleMouseUp(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+        this._handleMouseUp(interaction, viewRefs);
         return;
     }
   }
@@ -339,11 +323,7 @@ export class ResizableSplitView extends View {
     }
   }
 
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {
     switch (interaction.type) {
       case 'mousedown':
         this._handleMouseDown(interaction);
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/Surface.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/Surface.js
index aa5943c107a97..074cc0296f937 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/Surface.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/Surface.js
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
 import type {Interaction} from './useCanvasInteraction';
 import type {Size} from './geometry';
 
-import {createRef} from 'react';
 import memoize from 'memoize-one';
 
 import {View} from './View';
 import {zeroPoint} from './geometry';
 
-export type ViewRef = {|current: View | null|};
+export type ViewRefs = {|
+  activeView: View | null,
+  hoveredView: View | null,
+|};
 
 // hidpi canvas: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/canvas/hidpi/
 function configureRetinaCanvas(canvas, height, width) {
@@ -55,8 +57,14 @@ export class Surface {
   _context: ?CanvasRenderingContext2D;
   _canvasSize: ?Size;
 
-  _activeViewRef: ViewRef = createRef();
-  _hoveredViewRef: ViewRef = createRef();
+  _viewRefs: ViewRefs = {
+    activeView: null,
+    hoveredView: null,
+  };
+
+  hasActiveView(): boolean {
+    return this._viewRefs.activeView !== null;
+  }
 
   setCanvas(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, canvasSize: Size) {
     this._context = getCanvasContext(
@@ -88,17 +96,14 @@ export class Surface {
   }
 
   getCurrentCursor(): string | null {
-    const activeView = this._activeViewRef.current;
+    const {activeView, hoveredView} = this._viewRefs;
     if (activeView !== null) {
       return activeView.currentCursor;
+    } else if (hoveredView !== null) {
+      return hoveredView.currentCursor;
     } else {
-      const hoveredView = this._hoveredViewRef.current;
-      if (hoveredView !== null) {
-        return hoveredView.currentCursor;
-      }
+      return null;
     }
-
-    return null;
   }
 
   handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction) {
@@ -107,8 +112,7 @@ export class Surface {
     }
     this.rootView.handleInteractionAndPropagateToSubviews(
       interaction,
-      this._activeViewRef,
-      this._hoveredViewRef,
+      this._viewRefs,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/View.js b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/View.js
index 678ed4ee18f46..e3461c10536df 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/View.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-scheduling-profiler/src/view-base/View.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import type {Interaction} from './useCanvasInteraction';
 import type {Rect, Size} from './geometry';
 import type {Layouter} from './layouter';
-import type {ViewRef} from './Surface';
+import type {ViewRefs} from './Surface';
 
 import {Surface} from './Surface';
 import {
@@ -256,11 +256,7 @@ export class View {
   // Internal note: Do not call directly! Use
   // `handleInteractionAndPropagateToSubviews` so that interactions are
   // propagated to subviews.
-  handleInteraction(
-    interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
-  ) {}
+  handleInteraction(interaction: Interaction, viewRefs: ViewRefs) {}
 
   /**
    * Handle an `interaction` and propagates it to all of this view's
@@ -274,16 +270,11 @@ export class View {
    */
   handleInteractionAndPropagateToSubviews(
     interaction: Interaction,
-    activeViewRef: ViewRef,
-    hoveredViewRef: ViewRef,
+    viewRefs: ViewRefs,
   ) {
-    this.handleInteraction(interaction, activeViewRef, hoveredViewRef);
+    this.handleInteraction(interaction, viewRefs);
     this.subviews.forEach(subview =>
-      subview.handleInteractionAndPropagateToSubviews(
-        interaction,
-        activeViewRef,
-        hoveredViewRef,
-      ),
+      subview.handleInteractionAndPropagateToSubviews(interaction, viewRefs),
     );
   }
 }