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Tooltip

Display additional information on hover.

import { Tooltip } from 'asterui'

Basic Tooltip

Simple tooltip that appears on hover.

This is a tooltip
import { Tooltip, Button } from 'asterui'

function App() {
  return (
      <Tooltip tip="This is a tooltip">
        <Button>Hover me</Button>
      </Tooltip>
    )
}

export default App

Positions

Tooltips can appear in different positions.

Top tooltip
Bottom tooltip
Left tooltip
Right tooltip
import { Tooltip, Button } from 'asterui'

function App() {
  return (
      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-4 justify-center py-8">
        <Tooltip tip="Top tooltip" position="top">
          <Button>Top</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Bottom tooltip" position="bottom">
          <Button>Bottom</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Left tooltip" position="left">
          <Button>Left</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Right tooltip" position="right">
          <Button>Right</Button>
        </Tooltip>
      </div>
    )
}

export default App

Colors

Color variants for different contexts.

Primary tooltip
Secondary tooltip
Accent tooltip
Info tooltip
Success tooltip
Warning tooltip
Error tooltip
import { Tooltip, Button, Space } from 'asterui'

function App() {
  return (
      <Space wrap>
        <Tooltip tip="Primary tooltip" color="primary">
          <Button color="primary">Primary</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Secondary tooltip" color="secondary">
          <Button color="secondary">Secondary</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Accent tooltip" color="accent">
          <Button color="accent">Accent</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Info tooltip" color="info">
          <Button color="info">Info</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Success tooltip" color="success">
          <Button color="success">Success</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Warning tooltip" color="warning">
          <Button color="warning">Warning</Button>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip tip="Error tooltip" color="error">
          <Button color="error">Error</Button>
        </Tooltip>
      </Space>
    )
}

export default App

Always Open

Force the tooltip to stay visible.

Always visible
import { Tooltip, Button } from 'asterui'

function App() {
  return (
      <Tooltip tip="Always visible" open>
        <Button>Always Open</Button>
      </Tooltip>
    )
}

export default App
PropertyDescriptionTypeDefault
tipTooltip text contentstring-
positionTooltip position'top' | 'bottom' | 'left' | 'right''top'
colorTooltip color'primary' | 'secondary' | 'accent' | 'info' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'error'-
openForce tooltip to be visiblebooleanfalse
childrenElement that triggers the tooltipReact.ReactNode-
classNameAdditional CSS classesstring-
  • Tooltip content is exposed via aria-describedby
  • Tooltips appear on focus as well as hover
  • Sufficient color contrast in all color variants
  • Arrow keys can be used when tooltip contains focusable elements