             item.expiryDate = snippet.expiryDate
             @createInstance null, item
 
-        @addOverlay() if @shouldAddOverlay and @visibleTooltips.length > 0
+        if @visibleTooltips.length > 0
+          if @shouldAddOverlay then @addOverlay() else @addLayers()
+
 
   createInstance: (parentView, data) ->
     assets = @getAssets parentView, data

    }
    , assets.data

    @visibleTooltips.push tooltip

    tooltip.on "IntroductionTooltipClosed", =>
      @close parentView.getOptions().introId

      for tooltipInstance in @visibleTooltips
        tooltipInstance.getOptions().parentView.tooltip?.destroy()
      @overlay.remove()
      @visibleTooltips.length = 0

  addLayers: ->
    windowController = KD.getSingleton("windowController")
    mainView         = KD.getSingleton("contentPanel")
    for tooltip in @visibleTooltips
      windowController.addLayer tooltip
      tooltip.on "ReceivedClickElsewhere", =>
        tooltip.destroy() for tooltip in @visibleTooltips when tooltip
        @visibleTooltips.length = 0