Tooltip
Names
- Tooltip - Ant Design, Atlaskit, Bootstrap, Carbon Design System, Evergreen, UI Fabric, FAST, Lightning Design System, Lion, Material Components Web, Primer Design System, Semantic UI, Spectrum, Stardust UI, 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