Tooltip
Names
- Tooltip - Ant Design, Atlaskit, Bootstrap, Carbon Design System, Evergreen, UI Fabric, FAST, Lightning Design System, Lion, Material Components Web, Oat, Primer Design System, Semantic UI, Spectrum, Stardust UI, U.S. Web Design System (USWDS), WAI-ARIA
- Inline dialog - Atlaskit
- Tooltips - Boosted
- Popover - Bootstrap
Anatomy
- Label
- Overlay container
- Pointer
Concepts



rich


html
interactive
card
custom
rich

html

html

interactive

card

custom

placement
position
directions
directionalHint
direction
position-align

placement


directions

placement



directionalHint


placement


direction


position-align
basic
inline dialog


inline dialog













Supports nesting
| UI Library | Can be nested? | Closes other tooltips? | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ant Design | No | Yes (default, but can be changed) | Only accepts textual content |
| Atlaskit | No | Yes | Only accepts textual content |
| Bootstrap | No | Yes, but stays open when clicked | Only accepts textual content |
| Carbon design system | No | Yes | Only accepts textual content |
| Evergreen | No | Yes | Only accepts textual content |
| UI Fabrik | No | Yes | Linked example could potentially be nested, but not intentional |
| FAST | Yes | Yes (but not when nested, previous stays open) | In the sandbox (link on library) nesting was possible to achieve |
| KoliBri | To be investigated | To be investigated | |
| Lightning Design System | To be investigated | To be investigated | |
| Material Components Web | To be investigated | Yes | It can contain custom HTML, further investigation necessary for nesting |
| Semantic UI | No | Not the parent when nested | Linked example could potentially be nested, but not intentional |
| Stardust UI | No | can be prevented | Only in other elements, but not nested in tooltip (according to documentation) |
| Boosted | No | Not when other tooltip is clicked | Only accepts textual content |
Open UI