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Tooltip API

API reference docs for the React Tooltip component. Learn about the props, CSS, and other APIs of this exported module.

Component demos

Import

import Tooltip from '@mui/joy/Tooltip';
// or
import { Tooltip } from '@mui/joy';
Learn about the difference by reading this guide on minimizing bundle size.

Props

Props of the native component are also available.

NameTypeDefaultDescription
children*element

Tooltip reference element.

arrowboolfalse

If true, adds an arrow to the tooltip.

color'danger'
| 'neutral'
| 'primary'
| 'success'
| 'warning'
'neutral'

The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component.

To learn how to add your own colors, check out Themed components—Extend colors.

componentelementType

The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a HTML element or a component.

describeChildboolfalse

Set to true if the title acts as an accessible description. By default the title acts as an accessible label for the child.

direction'ltr'
| 'rtl'
'ltr'

Direction of the text.

disableFocusListenerboolfalse

Do not respond to focus-visible events.

disableHoverListenerboolfalse

Do not respond to hover events.

disableInteractiveboolfalse

Makes a tooltip not interactive, i.e. it will close when the user hovers over the tooltip before the leaveDelay is expired.

disablePortalboolfalse

The children will be under the DOM hierarchy of the parent component.

disableTouchListenerboolfalse

Do not respond to long press touch events.

enterDelaynumber100

The number of milliseconds to wait before showing the tooltip. This prop won't impact the enter touch delay (enterTouchDelay).

enterNextDelaynumber0

The number of milliseconds to wait before showing the tooltip when one was already recently opened.

enterTouchDelaynumber700

The number of milliseconds a user must touch the element before showing the tooltip.

followCursorboolfalse

If true, the tooltip follow the cursor over the wrapped element.

idstring

This prop is used to help implement the accessibility logic. If you don't provide this prop. It falls back to a randomly generated id.

keepMountedboolfalse

Always keep the children in the DOM. This prop can be useful in SEO situation or when you want to maximize the responsiveness of the Popper.

leaveDelaynumber0

The number of milliseconds to wait before hiding the tooltip. This prop won't impact the leave touch delay (leaveTouchDelay).

leaveTouchDelaynumber1500

The number of milliseconds after the user stops touching an element before hiding the tooltip.

modifiersArray<{ data?: object, effect?: func, enabled?: bool, fn?: func, name?: any, options?: object, phase?: 'afterMain'
| 'afterRead'
| 'afterWrite'
| 'beforeMain'
| 'beforeRead'
| 'beforeWrite'
| 'main'
| 'read'
| 'write', requires?: Array<string>, requiresIfExists?: Array<string> }>

Popper.js is based on a "plugin-like" architecture, most of its features are fully encapsulated "modifiers".
A modifier is a function that is called each time Popper.js needs to compute the position of the popper. For this reason, modifiers should be very performant to avoid bottlenecks. To learn how to create a modifier, read the modifiers documentation.

onClosefunc

Callback fired when the component requests to be closed.

Signature:function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void
  • event The event source of the callback.
onOpenfunc

Callback fired when the component requests to be open.

Signature:function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void
  • event The event source of the callback.
openbool

If true, the component is shown.

placement'bottom-end'
| 'bottom-start'
| 'bottom'
| 'left-end'
| 'left-start'
| 'left'
| 'right-end'
| 'right-start'
| 'right'
| 'top-end'
| 'top-start'
| 'top'
'bottom'

Tooltip placement.

size'sm'
| 'md'
| 'lg'
'md'

The size of the component.

To learn how to add custom sizes to the component, check out Themed components—Extend sizes.

slotProps{ arrow?: func
| object, root?: func
| object }
{}

The props used for each slot inside.

slots{ arrow?: elementType, root?: elementType }{}

The components used for each slot inside.

See Slots API below for more details.

sxArray<func
| object
| bool>
| func
| object

The system prop that allows defining system overrides as well as additional CSS styles.

See the `sx` page for more details.

titlenode

Tooltip title. Zero-length titles string, undefined, null and false are never displayed.

variant'outlined'
| 'plain'
| 'soft'
| 'solid'
'solid'

The global variant to use.

To learn how to add your own variants, check out Themed components—Extend variants.

The ref is forwarded to the root element.

Theme default props

You can use JoyTooltip to change the default props of this component with the theme.


Slots

To learn how to customize the slot, check out the Overriding component structure guide.

Slot nameClass nameDefault componentDescription
root.MuiTooltip-root'div'The component that renders the root.
arrow.MuiTooltip-arrow'span'The component that renders the arrow.

CSS classes

These class names are useful for styling with CSS. They are applied to the component's slots when specific states are triggered.

Class nameRule nameDescription
.MuiTooltip-colorContextcolorContextClass name applied to the root element when color inversion is triggered.
.MuiTooltip-colorDangercolorDangerClass name applied to the root element if color="danger".
.MuiTooltip-colorNeutralcolorNeutralClass name applied to the root element if color="neutral".
.MuiTooltip-colorPrimarycolorPrimaryClass name applied to the root element if color="primary".
.MuiTooltip-colorSuccesscolorSuccessClass name applied to the root element if color="success".
.MuiTooltip-colorWarningcolorWarningClass name applied to the root element if color="warning".
.MuiTooltip-placementBottomplacementBottomClass name applied to the root element if placement contains "bottom".
.MuiTooltip-placementLeftplacementLeftClass name applied to the root element if placement contains "left".
.MuiTooltip-placementRightplacementRightClass name applied to the root element if placement contains "right".
.MuiTooltip-placementTopplacementTopClass name applied to the root element if placement contains "top".
.MuiTooltip-sizeLgsizeLgClass name applied to the root element if size="lg".
.MuiTooltip-sizeMdsizeMdClass name applied to the root element if size="md".
.MuiTooltip-sizeSmsizeSmClass name applied to the root element if size="sm".
.MuiTooltip-tooltipArrowtooltipArrowClass name applied to the root element if arrow={true}.
.MuiTooltip-touchtouchClass name applied to the root element if the tooltip is opened by touch.
.MuiTooltip-variantOutlinedvariantOutlinedClass name applied to the root element if variant="outlined".
.MuiTooltip-variantPlainvariantPlainClass name applied to the root element if variant="plain".
.MuiTooltip-variantSoftvariantSoftClass name applied to the root element if variant="soft".
.MuiTooltip-variantSolidvariantSolidClass name applied to the root element if variant="solid".

You can override the style of the component using one of these customization options: