Tooltip

Easily create a nice looking tooltip.

Usage

To apply this component, add the uk-tooltip attribute to an element. You also need to add the title: TEXT option to the attribute, whose value will represent your tooltip’s text.

<div uk-tooltip="title: Hello World"></div>

If title is the only option in the attribute value, you can also use uk-tooltip="TEXT"

<div uk-tooltip="Hello World"></div>
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  • <button class="uk-button uk-button-default" uk-tooltip="Hello World">
  Hover
</button>

Alignment

Add one of the following options to the uk-tooltip attribute to adjust the tooltip’s alignment.

<button uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: top-left"></button>
AttributeDescription
pos: topAligns the tooltip to the top.
pos: top-leftAligns the tooltip to the top left.
pos: top-rightAligns the tooltip to the top right.
pos: bottomAligns the tooltip to the bottom.
pos: bottom-leftAligns the tooltip to the bottom left.
pos: bottom-rightAligns the tooltip to the bottom right.
pos: leftAligns the tooltip to the left.
pos: rightAligns the tooltip to the right.
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  • <p uk-margin>
  <button class="uk-button uk-button-default" uk-tooltip="Hello World">
    Top
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: top-left"
  >
    Top Left
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: top-right"
  >
    Top Right
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: bottom"
  >
    Bottom
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: bottom-left"
  >
    Bottom Left
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: bottom-right"
  >
    Bottom Right
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: left"
  >
    Left
  </button>
  <button
    class="uk-button uk-button-default"
    uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; pos: right"
  >
    Right
  </button>
</p>

Delay

If you want the tooltip to appear with a little delay, just add the delay option to the uk-tooltip attribute with your value in milliseconds.

<div uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; delay: 500"></div>
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  • <button
  class="uk-button uk-button-default"
  uk-tooltip="title: Hello World; delay: 500"
>
  Hover
</button>

Component options

Any of these options can be applied to the component attribute. Separate multiple options with a semicolon. Learn more

OptionValueDefaultDescription
titleStringTooltip text.
posStringtop-centerTooltip position.
offsetNumberfalseTooltip offset.
animationStringuk-animation-scale-upSpace-separated names of animations. Comma-separated for animation out.
durationNumber100The animation duration.
delayNumber0The show delay.
clsStringuk-activeThe active class.
containerStringbodyDefine a target container via a selector to specify where the tooltip should be appended in the DOM.

title is the Primary option and its key may be omitted, if it’s the only option in the attribute value.

<span uk-tooltip="Hello World"></span>

JavaScript

Learn more about JavaScript components.

Initialization

UIkit.tooltip(element, options);

Events

The following events will be triggered on elements, which are injected by this component:

NameDescription
beforeshowFires before an item is shown. Can prevent showing by calling preventDefault() on the event.
showFires after an item is shown.
shownFires after the item’s show animation has completed.
beforehideFires before an item is hidden. Can prevent hiding by calling preventDefault() on the event.
hideFires after an item’s hide animation has started.
hiddenFires after an item is hidden.

Example

UIkit.util.on(document, "show", ".uk-tooltip.uk-active", function () {
  // do something
});

Methods

The following methods are available for the component:

Show

UIkit.tooltip(element).show();

Shows the Tooltip.

Hide

UIkit.tooltip(element).hide();

Hides the Tooltip.

Accessibility

The Tooltip component adheres to the Tooltip Widget WAI-ARIA design pattern and automatically sets the appropriate WAI-ARIA roles, states and properties.

  • The element with the tooltip has an ID.
  • The tooltip has the tooltip role and the aria-describedby property set to the ID of the element with the tooltip.
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