Tooltip

tsx

import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function Default() {
	return (
		<Tooltip>
			<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover Me</Tooltip.Trigger>
			<Portal>
				<Tooltip.Positioner>
					<Tooltip.Content className="card p-2 preset-filled-surface-950-50">
						<span>Hello Skeleton</span>
						<Tooltip.Arrow className="[--arrow-size:--spacing(2)] [--arrow-background:var(--color-surface-950-50)]">
							<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
						</Tooltip.Arrow>
					</Tooltip.Content>
				</Tooltip.Positioner>
			</Portal>
		</Tooltip>
	);
}

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';
</script>

<Tooltip positioning={{ placement: 'top' }}>
	<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover</Tooltip.Trigger>
	<Portal>
		<Tooltip.Positioner>
			<Tooltip.Content class="card p-2 preset-filled-surface-950-50">
				<span>Hello Skeleton</span>
				<Tooltip.Arrow class="[--arrow-size:--spacing(2)] [--arrow-background:var(--color-surface-950-50)]">
					<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
				</Tooltip.Arrow>
			</Tooltip.Content>
		</Tooltip.Positioner>
	</Portal>
</Tooltip>

Breaking convention in Skeleton, this component is provided “headless”. Meaning no default styles are applied out of the box. This ensures you retain full control of all styling for maximum flexibility.

Arrow

Visually connects the popover content to the trigger element. Will automatically align based on the selected side.

tsx

import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function Arrow() {
	return (
		<Tooltip>
			<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover</Tooltip.Trigger>
			<Portal>
				<Tooltip.Positioner>
					<Tooltip.Content className="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2 shadow-xl">
						<span>Hello Skeleton</span>
						<Tooltip.Arrow className="[--arrow-size:--spacing(2)] [--arrow-background:var(--color-surface-100-900)]">
							<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
						</Tooltip.Arrow>
					</Tooltip.Content>
				</Tooltip.Positioner>
			</Portal>
		</Tooltip>
	);
}

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';
</script>

<Tooltip>
	<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover</Tooltip.Trigger>
	<Portal>
		<Tooltip.Positioner>
			<Tooltip.Content class="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2 shadow-xl">
				<span>Hello Skeleton</span>
				<Tooltip.Arrow class="[--arrow-size:--spacing(2)] [--arrow-background:var(--color-surface-100-900)]">
					<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
				</Tooltip.Arrow>
			</Tooltip.Content>
		</Tooltip.Positioner>
	</Portal>
</Tooltip>

Z-Index

By default Skeleton does not take an opinionated stance regarding z-index stacking. The result is the component can sometimes be occluded beneath other elements with a higher index. The Z-Index can controlled by applying a utility class to the Positioner component.

Sibling (10)

tsx

import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function ZIndex() {
	return (
		<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
			<Tooltip>
				<Tooltip.Trigger>Default (auto)</Tooltip.Trigger>
				<Portal>
					<Tooltip.Positioner>
						<Tooltip.Content className="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">This example will be below the sibling.</Tooltip.Content>
					</Tooltip.Positioner>
				</Portal>
			</Tooltip>

			<Tooltip>
				<Tooltip.Trigger>Above (20)</Tooltip.Trigger>
				<Portal>
					<Tooltip.Positioner className="z-20!">
						<Tooltip.Content className="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">This example will be above the sibling.</Tooltip.Content>
					</Tooltip.Positioner>
				</Portal>
			</Tooltip>

			<div className="col-span-2 h-[100px] relative">
				<div className="rounded bg-primary-200-800/75 w-full h-full z-10 flex justify-center items-center absolute">Sibling (10)</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	);
}

Sibling (10)

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';
</script>

<div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
	<Tooltip>
		<Tooltip.Trigger>Default (auto)</Tooltip.Trigger>
		<Portal>
			<Tooltip.Positioner>
				<Tooltip.Content class="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">This example will be below the sibling.</Tooltip.Content>
			</Tooltip.Positioner>
		</Portal>
	</Tooltip>

	<Tooltip>
		<Tooltip.Trigger>Above (20)</Tooltip.Trigger>
		<Portal>
			<Tooltip.Positioner class="z-20!">
				<Tooltip.Content class="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">This example will be above the sibling.</Tooltip.Content>
			</Tooltip.Positioner>
		</Portal>
	</Tooltip>

	<div class="col-span-2 h-[100px] relative">
		<div class="rounded bg-primary-200-800/75 w-full h-full z-10 flex justify-center items-center absolute">Sibling (10)</div>
	</div>
</div>

Provider Pattern

Use the Provider Pattern to gain access to the inner component APIs.

tsx

import { Portal, Tooltip, useTooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function Programmatic() {
	const tooltip = useTooltip();
	return (
		<div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
			<button className="btn preset-filled w-[150px]" onClick={() => tooltip.setOpen(!tooltip.open)}>
				Trigger
			</button>

			<Tooltip.Provider value={tooltip}>
				<Tooltip.Trigger>Anchor ({tooltip.open ? 'open' : 'closed'})</Tooltip.Trigger>
				<Portal>
					<Tooltip.Positioner>
						<Tooltip.Content className="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">Hello Skeleton</Tooltip.Content>
					</Tooltip.Positioner>
				</Portal>
			</Tooltip.Provider>
		</div>
	);
}

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Portal, Tooltip, useTooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';

	const id = $props.id();
	const tooltip = useTooltip({ id });
</script>

<div class="grid gap-4">
	<button class="btn preset-filled w-[150px]" onclick={() => tooltip().setOpen(!tooltip().open)}>Trigger</button>
	<Tooltip.Provider value={tooltip}>
		<Tooltip.Trigger>Anchor ({tooltip().open ? 'open' : 'closed'})</Tooltip.Trigger>
		<Portal>
			<Tooltip.Positioner>
				<Tooltip.Content class="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">Hello Skeleton</Tooltip.Content>
			</Tooltip.Positioner>
		</Portal>
	</Tooltip.Provider>
</div>

Direction

Set the text direction (ltr or rtl) using the dir prop.

tsx

import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function Dir() {
	return (
		<Tooltip dir="rtl">
			<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover</Tooltip.Trigger>
			<Portal>
				<Tooltip.Positioner>
					<Tooltip.Content className="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">Hello Skeleton</Tooltip.Content>
				</Tooltip.Positioner>
			</Portal>
		</Tooltip>
	);
}

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Portal, Tooltip } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';
</script>

<Tooltip dir="rtl">
	<Tooltip.Trigger>Hover</Tooltip.Trigger>
	<Portal>
		<Tooltip.Positioner>
			<Tooltip.Content class="card bg-surface-100-900 p-2  shadow-xl">Hello Skeleton</Tooltip.Content>
		</Tooltip.Positioner>
	</Portal>
</Tooltip>

Anatomy

Here’s an overview of how the Tooltip component is structured in code:

tsx

import { Tooltip, Portal } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-react';

export default function Anatomy() {
	return (
		<Tooltip>
			<Tooltip.Trigger />
			<Portal>
				<Tooltip.Positioner>
					<Tooltip.Content>
						<Tooltip.Arrow>
							<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
						</Tooltip.Arrow>
					</Tooltip.Content>
				</Tooltip.Positioner>
			</Portal>
		</Tooltip>
	);
}

svelte

<script lang="ts">
	import { Tooltip, Portal } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte';
</script>

<Tooltip>
	<Tooltip.Trigger />
	<Portal>
		<Tooltip.Positioner>
			<Tooltip.Content>
				<Tooltip.Arrow>
					<Tooltip.ArrowTip />
				</Tooltip.Arrow>
			</Tooltip.Content>
		</Tooltip.Positioner>
	</Portal>
</Tooltip>

API Reference

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Arrow

Z-Index

Provider Pattern

Direction

Anatomy

API Reference