Tooltip

Tooltips are contextual, non-actionable, and informative floating labels. They can be activated by hover, focus, or even click to display additional information to help users understand something. They should always be non-essential to the global understanding.

Hover me!

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

<Tooltip tooltipTitle="Tooltip title." content="Write the tooltip content here.">
  Hover me!
</Tooltip>

The tooltip can be displayed by adding a visible property.

Default tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
>
  Default tooltip
</Tooltip>

Tooltip Sizes

Tooltips are available in three sizes: small, medium, large. By default, the medium tooltip is used. You can change the tooltip size with the size property.

Small tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

Medium tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

Large tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  size="small"
>
  Small tooltip
</Tooltip>
<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  size="medium"
>
  Medium tooltip
</Tooltip>
<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  size="large"
>
  Large tooltip
</Tooltip>

Tooltip Orientations

The tooltip component can be positioned according to its target by setting the orientation property with the bottom, top, left, right values.

Top tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

Left tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

Right tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

Bottom tooltip

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  orientation="top"
  >Top tooltip</Tooltip
>
<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  orientation="left"
  >Left tooltip</Tooltip
>
<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  orientation="right"
  >Right tooltip</Tooltip
>
<Tooltip
  visible
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
  orientation="bottom"
  >Bottom tooltip</Tooltip
>

Tip Positions

The tooltip component should always be positioned according to its target. The tip position variants help you complete the tooltip orientation variant to be even more precise.

For all orientations, use the tipPosition property with the start, center, end values.

Top end tooltip

Top center tooltip

Top start tooltip

Left end tooltip

Right end tooltip

Left center tooltip

Right center tooltip

Left start tooltip

Right start tooltip

Bottom end tooltip

Bottom center tooltip

Bottom start tooltip

<Tooltip content="Top end tooltip" visible tipPosition="end"></Tooltip>
<Tooltip content="Top center tooltip" visible></Tooltip>
<Tooltip
  content="Top start tooltip"
  visible
  tipPosition="start"
></Tooltip>
<Tooltip
  content="Left end tooltip"
  visible
  tipPosition="end"
  orientation="left"
></Tooltip>
...

Low Contrast Option

To lower the visual emphasis on the tooltip component, you can activate the Low contrast option by adding the lowContrast property. This option will apply a lighter background to the tooltip while remaining always accessible.

Hover me!

Tooltip title.

Write the tooltip content here.

<Tooltip
  visible
  lowContrast
  tooltipTitle="Tooltip title."
  content="Write the tooltip content here."
>
  Hover me!
</Tooltip>

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Deprecated Property

Note: The title property is deprecated. Use the tooltipTitle property instead.