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Tooltip

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Component demo

Interactive example

Add Remove
Web component React
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<ic-tooltip
target="test-button-0"
label="Add Americano to favourites"
placement="top"
>
<ic-buttonid="test-button-0"aria-describedby="ic-tooltip-test-button-0">
    Add
</ic-button>
</ic-tooltip>
<ic-tooltip
target="test-button-1"
label="Remove Americano from favourites"
placement="bottom"
>
<ic-buttonid="test-button-1"aria-describedby="ic-tooltip-test-button-1">
    Remove
</ic-button>
</ic-tooltip>

Tooltip details

Props

All components also accept native properties supported by the DOM, such asclassName and style .

Name Description Default
Property label
Attribute label

The text to display on the tooltip.

Required type: string
Property disableClick
Attribute disable-click

Iftrue , the tooltip will not be displayed on click, it will require hover or using the display method.

type: boolean - boolean | undefined
false
Property disableHover
Attribute disable-hover

Iftrue , the tooltip will not be displayed on hover, it will require a click.

type: boolean - boolean | undefined
false
Property maxLines
Attribute max-lines

The number of lines to display before truncating the text.

type: number - number | undefined
Property placement
Attribute placement

The position of the tooltip in relation to the parent element.

type: IcTooltipPlacements - "bottom" | "bottom-end" | "bottom-start" | "left" | "left-end" | "left-start" | "right" | "right-end" | "right-start" | "top" | "top-end" | "top-start" | undefined
"bottom"
Property target
Attribute target

The ID of the element the tooltip is describing - for when aria-labelledby or aria-describedby is used.

type: string - string | undefined
Property theme
Attribute theme

Sets the tooltip to the dark or light theme colors. "inherit" will set the color based on the system settings or ic-theme component.

type: IcThemeMode - "dark" | "inherit" | "light" | undefined
"inherit"
Property label
Attribute label

The text to display on the tooltip.

Required type: string
Property disableClick
Attribute disable-click

Iftrue , the tooltip will not be displayed on click, it will require hover or using the display method.

type: boolean - boolean | undefined
Default: false
Property disableHover
Attribute disable-hover

Iftrue , the tooltip will not be displayed on hover, it will require a click.

type: boolean - boolean | undefined
Default: false
Property maxLines
Attribute max-lines

The number of lines to display before truncating the text.

type: number - number | undefined
Property placement
Attribute placement

The position of the tooltip in relation to the parent element.

type: IcTooltipPlacements - "bottom" | "bottom-end" | "bottom-start" | "left" | "left-end" | "left-start" | "right" | "right-end" | "right-start" | "top" | "top-end" | "top-start" | undefined
Default: "bottom"
Property target
Attribute target

The ID of the element the tooltip is describing - for when aria-labelledby or aria-describedby is used.

type: string - string | undefined
Property theme
Attribute theme

Sets the tooltip to the dark or light theme colors. "inherit" will set the color based on the system settings or ic-theme component.

type: IcThemeMode - "dark" | "inherit" | "light" | undefined
Default: "inherit"

CSS Custom Properties

Name Description
--ic-z-index-tooltip z-index of tooltip
--ic-z-index-tooltip z-index of tooltip

Methods

Name Description Signature
Method displayTooltip
Method to programmatically show/hide the tooltip without needing to interact with an anchor element
displayTooltip(show: boolean, persistTooltip?: boolean) => Promise<void>
Method displayTooltip
Method to programmatically show/hide the tooltip without needing to interact with an anchor element
displayTooltip(show: boolean, persistTooltip?: boolean) => Promise<void>

Variants

Left placement

Interactive example

Add
Web component React
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<ic-tooltip
target="test-button"
label="Add Americano to favourites"
placement="left"
>
<ic-buttonid="test-button"aria-describedby="ic-tooltip-test-button">
    Add
</ic-button>
</ic-tooltip>

Right placement

Interactive example

Add
Web component React
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<ic-tooltiptarget="test-button"label="Add Americano to favourites"placement="right">
<ic-buttonid="test-button"aria-describedby="ic-tooltip-test-button">Add</ic-button>
</ic-tooltip>

Chip

Interactive example

Web component React
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<ic-tooltiptarget="small-chip"label="An espresso-based drink">
<ic-chipid="small-chip"label="Americano"size="small">
<svg
slot="icon"
width="24"
height="24"
viewBox="0 0 24 24"
fill="currentColor"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
>
<path
d="M2,21V19H20V21H2M20,8V5H18V8H20M20,3A2,2 0 0,1 22,5V8A2,2 0 0,1 20,10H18V13A4,4 0 0,1 14,17H8A4,4 0 0,1 4,13V3H20M16,5H6V13A2,2 0 0,0 8,15H14A2,2 0 0,0 16,13V5Z"
/>
</svg>
</ic-chip>
</ic-tooltip>

Programmatic trigger

Interactive example

Show tooltip Add
Web component React
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<ic-buttonid="clickMe">Show tooltip</ic-button>
<ic-tooltip
id="targetTooltip"
label="Add Americano to favourites"
target="test-button"
>
<ic-buttonid="test-button"aria-describedby="ic-tooltip-test-button">
    Add
</ic-button>
</ic-tooltip>
Last reviewed 31 May 2024 .
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