A brief, informative message that appears when hovering or focusing on an element. It provides context or additional details on demand, improving user understanding.

Basic

Tooltips are small overlays that display information about an element when the user hovers over or interacts with it.

Installation

npx shadcn@latest add @intentui/tooltip

Manual installation

npm i react-aria-components

Anatomy

import { IconBrandX } from "@heroicons/react"
import {
  Tooltip,
  TooltipContent,
  TooltipTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip"

<Tooltip>
  <TooltipTrigger aria-label="Follow My Twitter">
    <IconBrandX />
  </TooltipTrigger>
  <TooltipContent>Follow me on X @irsyadadl</TooltipContent>
</Tooltip>

Placement

By default, the tooltip appears at the top, but you can change its position by using the placement prop.

Intent

Tooltip has two intents: default and inverse. You can change the intent by using the intent prop.

Without arrow

You can remove the arrow from the tooltip by setting the arrow prop to false.

Directions

The list above shows the primary directions, but you can also use more specific placements like bottom left or top right. Here are all the available placement options:

Primary Direction	Placement
`bottom`	`bottom`, `bottom left`, `bottom right`, `bottom start`, `bottom end`
`top`	`top`, `top left`, `top right`, `top start`, `top end`
`left`	`left`, `left top`, `left bottom`
`start`	`start`, `start top`, `start bottom`
`right`	`right`, `right top`, `right bottom`
`end`	`end`, `end top`, `end bottom`

Delay

Tooltip rolls out the welcome mat after you hover for 1.5 secs. Wanna speed it up or slow it down? Just slide in a delay prop. Peep these guidelines for the scoop.

Sheet

Combo Box

Tooltip