Tooltip

The Tooltip component adds a tooltip to add context to interactive elements on the page.

⚠️ Usage warning! ⚠️

Tooltips as a UI pattern should be our last resort for conveying information because it is hidden by default and often with zero or little visual indicator of its existence.

Before adding a tooltip, please consider: Is this information essential and necessary? Can the UI be made clearer? Can the information be shown on the page by default? See Tooltip alternatives for more accessible alternatives.

Attention: we use aria-label for tooltip contents. However, aria-label replaces the text content of an element in screen readers, so only use Tooltip on elements with no existing text content.

A tooltip may only be used on an element that is interactive such as a button or a link. Even if an element is focusable, a tooltip may only be used if the element does something when it's clicked.

Examples

<Box borderWidth="1px" borderStyle="solid" borderColor="border.default" borderRadius={2} p={3}>
  <Tooltip aria-label="Hello, Tooltip!">
    <Button>Hover me</Button>
  </Tooltip>
</Box>

Props

Tooltip

'left' | 'right'

'n' | 'ne' | 'e' | 'se' | 's' | 'sw' | 'w' | 'nw'

boolean

string

boolean

SystemStyleObject