Yeah, you read that right, we are going to create a tooltip with Tailwind CSS and Alpinejs. This is a simple and easy to use tooltip that you can use in your projects.
First of all, start by creating a new project and install Tailwind CSS and Alpinejs.
A tool tip is important because it provides a way to display additional information about an element when the user hovers over it. This can be useful for providing additional context or explanation for a particular element, or for displaying additional options or actions that are available.
In short, tooltips are all about making life easier by giving you the right info at the right time. Handy, right?
Start with a basic button that will trigger the tooltip. Wrap both the button and the tooltip container in a parent div
to control their relative positioning.
The tooltip is a div
that uses Alpine.js for show/hide functionality (x-show="open"
) and Tailwind CSS for positioning and styling.
x-show="open"
: This directive will show the tooltip when the open
variable is true
.class="absolute z-10 ..."
: This class will position the tooltip absolutely relative to the parent div
and style it with a z-index of 10.@mouseover="open = true" @mouseout="open = false"
: These event listeners will set the open
variable to true
when the user hovers over the button and false
when they move the mouse away.x-data="{ open: false }"
: This is the Alpine.js data object that contains the open
variable. It’s initialized with a value of false
so that the tooltip is hidden by default.<div x-data="{ open: false }" @mouseover="open = true" @mouseout="open = false" class="relative">
<button type="button" class="...">
Poke me
</button>
<div x-show="open" class="absolute z-10 ...">
<!-- Tooltip Content -->
</div>
</div>
<div x-show="open" class="absolute z-10 bottom-full mb-2 w-56 overflow-hidden h-20 justify-center items-center flex text-center rounded-md shadow-lg bg-orange-600">
<a href="#" class="block px-4 py-2 text-xl text-white">
Hello, pomelo I am your tooltip!
</a>
</div>
x-show="open"
: This directive will show the tooltip when the open
variable is true
.class="absolute z-10 bottom-full mb-2 w-56 overflow-hidden h-20 justify-center items-center flex"
: This class will position the tooltip absolutely relative to the parent div
and style it with a z-index of 10.Hello pomelo, I am your tooltip!
: This is the content of the tooltip.That’s it! You’ve created a simple tooltip with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js. You can customize the tooltip content and styling to fit your needs, and you can use this pattern to create tooltips for other elements on your site.
/Michael Andreuzza
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