Tooltip API

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

Component demos

For examples and details on the usage of this React component, visit the component demo pages:

Tooltip

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.

Name	Type	Default	Description
children*	element		Tooltip reference element.
arrow	bool	false	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.
component	elementType		The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a HTML element or a component.
describeChild	bool	false	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.
disableFocusListener	bool	false	Do not respond to focus-visible events.
disableHoverListener	bool	false	Do not respond to hover events.
disableInteractive	bool	false	Makes a tooltip not interactive, i.e. it will close when the user hovers over the tooltip before the `leaveDelay` is expired.
disablePortal	bool	false	The `children` will be under the DOM hierarchy of the parent component.
disableTouchListener	bool	false	Do not respond to long press touch events.
enterDelay	number	100	The number of milliseconds to wait before showing the tooltip. This prop won't impact the enter touch delay (`enterTouchDelay`).
enterNextDelay	number	0	The number of milliseconds to wait before showing the tooltip when one was already recently opened.
enterTouchDelay	number	700	The number of milliseconds a user must touch the element before showing the tooltip.
followCursor	bool	false	If `true`, the tooltip follow the cursor over the wrapped element.
id	string		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.
keepMounted	bool	false	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.
leaveDelay	number	0	The number of milliseconds to wait before hiding the tooltip. This prop won't impact the leave touch delay (`leaveTouchDelay`).
leaveTouchDelay	number	1500	The number of milliseconds after the user stops touching an element before hiding the tooltip.
modifiers	Array<{ 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.
onClose	func		Callback fired when the component requests to be closed. Signature:`function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void` `event` The event source of the callback.
onOpen	func		Callback fired when the component requests to be open. Signature:`function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void` `event` The event source of the callback.
open	bool		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.
sx	Array<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.
title	node		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 name	Class name	Default component	Description
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 name	Rule name	Description
.MuiTooltip-colorContext	colorContext	Class name applied to the root element when color inversion is triggered.
.MuiTooltip-colorDanger	colorDanger	Class name applied to the root element if `color="danger"`.
.MuiTooltip-colorNeutral	colorNeutral	Class name applied to the root element if `color="neutral"`.
.MuiTooltip-colorPrimary	colorPrimary	Class name applied to the root element if `color="primary"`.
.MuiTooltip-colorSuccess	colorSuccess	Class name applied to the root element if `color="success"`.
.MuiTooltip-colorWarning	colorWarning	Class name applied to the root element if `color="warning"`.
.MuiTooltip-placementBottom	placementBottom	Class name applied to the root element if `placement` contains "bottom".
.MuiTooltip-placementLeft	placementLeft	Class name applied to the root element if `placement` contains "left".
.MuiTooltip-placementRight	placementRight	Class name applied to the root element if `placement` contains "right".
.MuiTooltip-placementTop	placementTop	Class name applied to the root element if `placement` contains "top".
.MuiTooltip-sizeLg	sizeLg	Class name applied to the root element if `size="lg"`.
.MuiTooltip-sizeMd	sizeMd	Class name applied to the root element if `size="md"`.
.MuiTooltip-sizeSm	sizeSm	Class name applied to the root element if `size="sm"`.
.MuiTooltip-tooltipArrow	tooltipArrow	Class name applied to the root element if `arrow={true}`.
.MuiTooltip-touch	touch	Class name applied to the root element if the tooltip is opened by touch.
.MuiTooltip-variantOutlined	variantOutlined	Class name applied to the root element if `variant="outlined"`.
.MuiTooltip-variantPlain	variantPlain	Class name applied to the root element if `variant="plain"`.
.MuiTooltip-variantSoft	variantSoft	Class name applied to the root element if `variant="soft"`.
.MuiTooltip-variantSolid	variantSolid	Class name applied to the root element if `variant="solid"`.

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

With a global class name.
With a rule name as part of the component's styleOverrides property in a custom theme.