diff --git a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipHTMLContent.ts b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipHTMLContent.ts
index 02496857b0..b326acd091 100644
--- a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipHTMLContent.ts
+++ b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipHTMLContent.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class TooltipHTMLContent {
     private _enterable = true;
     private _zr: ZRenderType;
 
+    private _alwaysShowContent: boolean = false;
     private _hideTimeout: number;
     /**
      * Hide delay time
@@ -360,6 +361,9 @@ class TooltipHTMLContent {
         const alwaysShowContent = tooltipModel.get('alwaysShowContent');
         alwaysShowContent && this._moveIfResized();
 
+        // update alwaysShowContent
+        this._alwaysShowContent = alwaysShowContent;
+
         // update className
         this.el.className = tooltipModel.get('className') || '';
 
@@ -488,7 +492,7 @@ class TooltipHTMLContent {
     }
 
     hideLater(time?: number) {
-        if (this._show && !(this._inContent && this._enterable)) {
+        if (this._show && !(this._inContent && this._enterable) && !this._alwaysShowContent) {
             if (time) {
                 this._hideDelay = time;
                 // Set show false to avoid invoke hideLater multiple times
diff --git a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipRichContent.ts b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipRichContent.ts
index c78da5ef49..d8f038dcbf 100644
--- a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipRichContent.ts
+++ b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipRichContent.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class TooltipRichContent {
 
     private _hideTimeout: number;
 
+    private _alwaysShowContent: boolean = false;
+
     private _enterable = true;
 
     private _inContent: boolean;
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ class TooltipRichContent {
     update(tooltipModel: Model<TooltipOption>) {
         const alwaysShowContent = tooltipModel.get('alwaysShowContent');
         alwaysShowContent && this._moveIfResized();
+
+        // update alwaysShowContent
+        this._alwaysShowContent = alwaysShowContent;
     }
 
     show() {
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ class TooltipRichContent {
     }
 
     hideLater(time?: number) {
-        if (this._show && !(this._inContent && this._enterable)) {
+        if (this._show && !(this._inContent && this._enterable) && !this._alwaysShowContent) {
             if (time) {
                 this._hideDelay = time;
                 // Set show false to avoid invoke hideLater multiple times
diff --git a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipView.ts b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipView.ts
index e64c2d19d4..82a222cb1d 100644
--- a/src/component/tooltip/TooltipView.ts
+++ b/src/component/tooltip/TooltipView.ts
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ class TooltipView extends ComponentView {
 
     private _api: ExtensionAPI;
 
-    private _alwaysShowContent: boolean;
-
     private _tooltipContent: TooltipHTMLContent | TooltipRichContent;
 
     private _refreshUpdateTimeout: number;
@@ -196,12 +194,6 @@ class TooltipView extends ComponentView {
 
         this._api = api;
 
-        /**
-         * @private
-         * @type {boolean}
-         */
-        this._alwaysShowContent = tooltipModel.get('alwaysShowContent');
-
         const tooltipContent = this._tooltipContent;
         tooltipContent.update(tooltipModel);
         tooltipContent.setEnterable(tooltipModel.get('enterable'));
@@ -396,7 +388,7 @@ class TooltipView extends ComponentView {
     ) {
         const tooltipContent = this._tooltipContent;
 
-        if (!this._alwaysShowContent && this._tooltipModel) {
+        if (this._tooltipModel) {
             tooltipContent.hideLater(this._tooltipModel.get('hideDelay'));
         }
 
diff --git a/test/tooltip-alwaysShowContent.html b/test/tooltip-alwaysShowContent.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67a1ea3f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tooltip-alwaysShowContent.html
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        <script src="lib/simpleRequire.js"></script>
+        <script src="lib/config.js"></script>
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/reset.css" />
+        <script src="lib/testHelper.js"></script>
+        <script src="tooltipTestHelper.js"></script>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <style>
+            h1 {
+                line-height: 60px;
+                height: 60px;
+                background: #ddd;
+                text-align: center;
+                font-weight: bold;
+                font-size: 14px;
+            }
+            .chart {
+                height: 350px;
+            }
+        </style>
+        <h1>alwaysShowContent: true</h1>
+        <div id="main"></div>
+
+
+        <h1>alwaysShowContent: true, renderMode: "richText", triggerOn: 'click',</h1>
+        <div class="chart" id="rich"></div>
+
+        <script>
+
+            require([
+                'echarts'
+            ], function (echarts) {
+
+                var dom = document.getElementById('main');
+                if (!dom) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                var chart = echarts.init(dom);
+
+                var xAxisData = [];
+                var data1 = [];
+                var data2 = [];
+                var data3 = [];
+                var data4 = [];
+
+                for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                    xAxisData.push('类目' + i);
+                    data1.push((Math.random() * 5).toFixed(2));
+                    data2.push(-Math.random().toFixed(2));
+                    data3.push((Math.random() + 0.5).toFixed(2));
+                    data4.push((Math.random() + 0.3).toFixed(2));
+                }
+
+                chart.setOption({
+                    legend: {
+                        data: ['坐标轴触发1', '坐标轴触发2', '数据项触发', '不显示的数据项触发'],
+                        tooltip: {
+                            show: true,
+                            formatter: null
+                        }
+                    },
+                    tooltip : {         // Option config. Can be overwrited by series or data
+                        trigger: 'axis',
+                        //show: true,   //default true
+                        alwaysShowContent: true, // fix #18111
+                        showDelay: 50,
+                        hideDelay: 200,
+                        transitionDuration:0.2,
+                        backgroundColor : 'rgba(255,0,255,0.7)',
+                        borderColor : '#f50',
+                        borderRadius : 8,
+                        borderWidth: 2,
+                        enterable: true,
+                        padding: 10,    // [5, 10, 15, 20]
+                        axisPointer: {
+                            type: 'shadow'
+                        },
+                        position : function(p) {
+                            // 位置回调
+                            // console.log && console.log(p);
+                            return [p[0] + 10, p[1] - 10];
+                        },
+                        textStyle : {
+                            color: 'yellow',
+                            decoration: 'none',
+                            fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif',
+                            fontSize: 15,
+                            fontStyle: 'italic',
+                            fontWeight: 'bold'
+                        },
+                        formatter: function (params,ticket,callback) {
+                            if (params.componentType === 'legend') {
+                                return params.name;
+                            }
+                            var res = 'Function formatter : <br/>' + params[0].name;
+                            for (var i = 0, l = params.length; i < l; i++) {
+                                res += '<br/>' + params[i].seriesName + ' : ' + params[i].value;
+                            }
+                            res += '<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baidu.com">搜索</a>';
+                            setTimeout(function (){
+                                // 仅为了模拟异步回调
+                                callback(ticket, res);
+                            }, 1000);
+                            return 'loading';
+                        }
+                        // ,formatter: "Template formatter: <br/>{b}<br/>{a}:{c}<br/>{a1}:{c1}"
+                    },
+                    toolbox: {
+                        show : true,
+                        feature : {
+                            mark : {show: true},
+                            dataView : {show: true, readOnly: false},
+                            magicType : {show: true, type: ['line', 'bar', 'stack', 'tiled']},
+                            restore : {show: true},
+                            saveAsImage : {show: true}
+                        }
+                    },
+                    calculable : true,
+                    xAxis : {
+                        data : ['周一','周二','周三','周四','周五','周六','周日']
+                    },
+                    yAxis : {
+                        type : 'value'
+                    },
+                    series : [
+                        {
+                            name:'坐标轴触发1',
+                            type:'bar',
+                            data:[
+                                {value:320, extra:'Hello~'},
+                                332, 301, 334, 390, 330, 320
+                            ]
+                        },
+                        {
+                            name:'坐标轴触发2',
+                            type:'bar',
+                            data:[862, 1018, 964, 1026, 1679, 1600, 157]
+                        },
+                        {
+                            name:'数据项触发',
+                            type:'bar',
+                            tooltip : {             // Series config.
+                                trigger: 'item',
+                                backgroundColor: 'black',
+                                position : [0, 0],
+                                formatter: 'Series formatter: <br/>{a}<br/>{b}:{c}'
+                            },
+                            stack: '数据项',
+                            data:[
+                                {
+                                    value: 120,
+                                    tooltip: '我是一个简单的字符串',
+                                    label: {
+                                        normal: {show: true, formatter: 'formatter is string', textStyle: {color: '#222'}}
+                                    }
+                                }, 132,
+                                {
+                                    value: 301,
+                                    itemStyle: {normal: {color: 'red'}},
+                                    tooltip : {     // Data config.
+                                        backgroundColor: 'blue',
+                                        formatter: 'Data formatter: <br/>{a}<br/>{b}:{c}'
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                134, 90,
+                                {
+                                    value: 230,
+                                    label: {
+                                        normal: {
+                                            show: true,
+                                            formatter: '我不显示 tooltip'
+                                        }
+                                    },
+                                    tooltip: {show: false}
+                                },
+                                210
+                            ]
+                        },
+                        {
+                            name:'不显示的数据项触发',
+                            type:'bar',
+                            tooltip : {
+                                show : false,
+                                trigger: 'item'
+                            },
+                            stack: '数据项',
+                            data:[150, 232, 201, 154, 190, 330, 410]
+                        }
+                    ]
+                });
+            });
+        </script>
+
+
+<script>
+
+    require(['echarts'], function (echarts) {
+
+        var chart = echarts.init(document.getElementById('rich'));
+
+        chart.setOption({
+            backgroundColor: '#eee',
+            tooltip: {
+                show: true,
+                renderMode: 'richText',
+                enterable: true,
+                alwaysShowContent: true, // fix #18111
+                // position: [100, 100],
+                triggerOn: 'click',
+                trigger: 'axis',
+                z: 100
+            },
+            yAxis: {
+                type: 'value'
+            },
+            xAxis: {
+                type: 'category',
+                data: ['A', 'B', 'C']
+            },
+            series: [{
+                name: 'bar0',
+                type: 'bar',
+                data: [2, 3, 6]
+            }, {
+                name: 'bar1',
+                type: 'bar',
+                data: [1, 0, 9]
+            }, {
+                name: 'bar2',
+                type: 'bar',
+                data: ['-', 2, 1]
+            }]
+        });
+
+        window.onresize = chart.resize;
+
+    });
+</script>
+
+    </body>
+</html>