Tailwind CSS Tooltip

Basic example

To get started with using tooltips all you need to do is add the data-te-target="tooltip" data attribute to an element where elementId is the id of the tooltip component. In the following example you can see the button that will trigger the tooltip element to be shown when hovered or focused.

Hover the link to see the tooltip

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      <p>
        Hover the link to see the
        <a
          href="#"
          class="transititext-primary text-primary transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:text-primary-600 focus:text-primary-600 active:text-primary-700 dark:text-primary-400 dark:hover:text-primary-500 dark:focus:text-primary-500 dark:active:text-primary-600"
          data-te-toggle="tooltip"
          title="Hi! I'm tooltip"
          >tooltip</a
        >
      </p>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Tooltip,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";

      initTE({ Tooltip });

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      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        data-te-placement="top"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        title="Tooltip on top">
        Tooltip on top
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        data-te-placement="right"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        title="Tooltip on right">
        Tooltip on right
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        data-te-placement="bottom"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        title="Tooltip on bottom">
        Tooltip on bottom
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        data-te-placement="left"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        title="Tooltip on left">
        Tooltip on left
      </button>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Ripple,
        Tooltip,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Ripple, Tooltip });

With custom HTML

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javascript

        
            
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        data-te-html="true"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        title="<em>Tooltip</em> <u>with</u> <b>HTML</b>">
        Tooltip with html
      </button>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Ripple,
        Tooltip,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Ripple, Tooltip });

Disabled

Initialize the tooltip with the disabled option specified.

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      <span
        class="inline-block"
        tabindex="0"
        data-te-toggle="tooltip"
        title="Disabled tooltip">
        <button
          class="pointer-events-none inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] disabled:opacity-70 dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
          type="button"
          disabled>
          Disabled button
        </button>
      </span>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Tooltip,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Tooltip })

Import

Importing components depends on how your application works. If you intend to use the TW elements ES format, you must first import the component and then initialize it with the initTE method. If you are going to use the UMD format, just import the tw-elements package.

javascript
umd

ES UMD

        
            
        import { Tooltip, initTE } from "tw-elements";
        initTE({ Tooltip });

        
            
        import "tw-elements";

Usage

Via data attributes

HTML

        
            
        <p>
          Hover the link to see the
          <a href="#" data-te-toggle="tooltip" title="Hi! I'm tooltip"
            >tooltip</a
          >
        </p>

Via JavaScript

javascript
umd

ES UMD

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const tooltip = new Tooltip(exampleEl);

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const tooltip = new te.Tooltip(exampleEl);

Overflow `auto` and `scroll`

Tooltip position attempts to automatically change when a parent container has overflow: auto or overflow: scroll like our .table-responsive, but still keeps the original placement’s positioning. To resolve, set the boundary option to anything other than default value, 'scrollParent', such as 'window':

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umd

ES UMD

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const tooltip = new Tooltip(exampleEl, {
            boundary: 'window'
          });

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const tooltip = new te.Tooltip(exampleEl, {
            boundary: 'window'
          });

Markup

The required markup for a tooltip is only a data attribute and title on the HTML element you wish to have a tooltip. The generated markup of a tooltip is rather simple, though it does require a position (by default, set to top by the plugin).

Making tooltips work for keyboard and assistive technology users

You should only add tooltips to HTML elements that are traditionally keyboard-focusable and interactive (such as links or form controls). Although arbitrary HTML elements (such as <span>s) can be made focusable by adding the tabindex="0" attribute, this will add potentially annoying and confusing tab stops on non-interactive elements for keyboard users, and most assistive technologies currently do not announce the tooltip in this situation. Additionally, do not rely solely on hover as the trigger for your tooltip, as this will make your tooltips impossible to trigger for keyboard users.

HTML

        
            
        <!-- HTML to write -->
        <a href="#" data-te-toggle="tooltip" title="Some tooltip text!"
          >Hover over me</a
        >

        <!-- Generated markup by the plugin -->
        <div role="tooltip">
          <div>Some tooltip text!</div>
        </div>

Options

Options can be passed via data attributes or JavaScript. For data attributes, append the option name to data-te-, as in data-te-toggle="tooltip".

Note: For security reasons the sanitize, sanitizeFn and whiteList options cannot be supplied using data attributes.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`container`	string/element/boolean	`false`	Appends the tooltip to a specific element. Example: `container: 'body'`. This option is particularly useful in that it allows you to position the tooltip in the flow of the document near the triggering element - which will prevent the tooltip from floating away from the triggering element during a window resize.
`html`	boolean	`false`	Insert HTML into the tooltip. If false, `innerText` property will be used to insert content into the DOM. Use text if you're worried about XSS attacks.
`placement`	string/function	`'right'`	How to position the tooltip - auto \| top \| bottom \| left \| right. When `auto` is specified, it will dynamically reorient the tooltip. When a function is used to determine the placement, it is called with the tooltip DOM node as its first argument and the triggering element DOM node as its second. The `this` context is set to the tooltip instance.
`selector`	string/boolean	`false`	If a selector is provided, tooltip objects will be delegated to the specified targets. In practice, this is used to enable dynamic HTML content to have tooltips added. See this and an informative example.
`template`	string	`'<div role="tooltip"><div class="tooltip-inner"></div>'`	Base HTML to use when creating the tooltip. The tooltip's `title` will be injected into the .tooltip-header. The tooltip's `content` will be injected into the .tooltip-body.
`title`	string/element/function	`-`	Default title value if `title` attribute isn't present. If a function is given, it will be called with its this reference set to the element that the tooltip is attached to.
`trigger`	string	`'click'`	How tooltip is triggered - `click` \| `hover` \| `focus` \| `manual`. You may pass multiple triggers; separate them with a space. `'manual'` indicates that the tooltip will be triggered programmatically via the `.tooltip('show')`, `.tooltip('hide')` and `.tooltip('toggle')` methods; this value cannot be combined with any other trigger.
`offset`	number/string	`0`	Offset of the tooltip relative to its target. For more information refer to Popper's offset docs.
`fallbackPlacement`	string/array	`'flip'`	Allow to specify which position Popper will use on fallback. For more information refer to Popper's behavior docs.
`boundary`	element/string	`'clippingParents'`	Overflow constraint boundary of the tooltip (applies only to Popper's preventOverflow modifier). Accepts the values of `'viewport'`, `'window'`, `'scrollParent'`, or an HTMLElement reference (via JavaScript only). For more information refer to Popper's detectOverflow docs.
`sanitize`	boolean	`true`	Enable or disable the sanitization. If activated `'template'`, `'content'` and `'title'` options will be sanitized.
`whiteList`	object	`Default value`	Object which contains allowed attributes and tags.
`sanitizeFn`	null/function	`null`	Here you can supply your own sanitize function. This can be useful if you prefer to use a dedicated library to perform sanitization.
`popperConfig`	null/object	`{ hide: true }`	To change Bootstrap's default Popper config, see Popper's configuration.

Data attributes for individual tooltips:
Options for individual tooltips can alternatively be specified through the use of data attributes, as explained above.

Methods

Asynchronous methods and transitions:
All API methods are asynchronous and start a transition. They return to the caller as soon as the transition is started but before it ends. In addition, a method call on a transitioning component will be ignored.

Method	Description	Example
`show`	Reveals an element’s tooltip. Returns to the caller before the tooltip has actually been shown (i.e. before the `shown.te.tooltip` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the tooltip. tooltips whose title and content are both zero-length are never displayed.	`instance.show()`
`hide`	Hides an element’s tooltip. Returns to the caller before the tooltip has actually been hidden (i.e. before the `hidden.te.tooltip` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the tooltip.	`instance.hide()`
`toggle`	Toggles an element’s tooltip. Returns to the caller before the tooltip has actually been shown or hidden (i.e. before the `shown.te.tooltip` or `hidden.te.tooltip` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the tooltip.	`instance.toggle()`
`dispose`	Hides and destroys an element’s tooltip. tooltips that use delegation (which are created using the `selector` option) cannot be individually destroyed on descendant trigger elements.	`instance.dispose()`
`enable`	Gives an element’s tooltip the ability to be shown. tooltips are enabled by default.	`instance.enable()`
`disable`	Removes the ability for an element’s tooltip to be shown. The tooltip will only be able to be shown if it is re-enabled.	`instance.disable()`
`toggleEnabled`	Toggles the ability for an element’s tooltip to be shown or hidden.	`instance.toggleEnabled()`
`update`	Updates the position of an element’s tooltip.	`instance.update()`
`getInstance`	Static method which allows you to get the tooltip instance associated with a DOM element.	`Tooltip.getInstance()`
`getOrCreateInstance`	Static method which allows you to get the tooltip instance associated with a DOM element or create a new one in case it wasn't initialized.	`Tooltip.getOrCreateInstance()`

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umd

ES UMD

        
            
            const tooltipEl = document.getElementById('tooltip');
            const tooltip = new Tooltip(tooltipEl);
            tooltip.show();

        
            
            const tooltipEl = document.getElementById('tooltip');
            const tooltip = new te.Tooltip(tooltipEl);
            tooltip.show();

Events

Event type	Description
`show.te.tooltip`	This event fires immediately when the `show` instance method is called.
`shown.te.tooltip`	This event is fired when the tooltip has been made visible to the user (will wait for CSS transitions to complete).
`hide.te.tooltip`	This event is fired immediately when the `hide` instance method has been called.
`hidden.te.tooltip`	This event is fired when the tooltip has finished being hidden from the user (will wait for CSS transitions to complete).
`inserted.te.tooltip`	This event is fired after the `show.te.tooltip` event when the tooltip template has been added to the DOM.

JavaScript

        
            
              const tooltipEl = document.getElementById('tooltip');
              const tooltip = new te.Tooltip(tooltipEl);

              tooltipEl.addEventListener('hidden.te.tooltip', () => {
                // do something...
              });

              tooltip.hide();

Tooltip

Basic example

Four directions

With custom HTML

Disabled

Related resources

Tutorials:

Extended Docs:

Design System (Figma):

Tooltip - API

Import

Usage

Via data attributes

Via JavaScript

Overflow auto and scroll

Markup

Making tooltips work for keyboard and assistive technology users

Options

Methods

Events

Overflow `auto` and `scroll`