Yeah, you read that right, we are going to create a tooltip with Tailwind CSS and JavaScript. This is a simple and easy to use tooltip that you can use in your projects. We can simply make them with CSS also, but let’s use JavaScript for this one, just for the sake of learning how to do it.
Tooltips are a great way to provide additional information to your users. They can be used to explain a feature, provide context, or show additional details. They are especially useful when you have a lot of content or when you want to provide more information without cluttering the page. Tooltips can also be used to show errors or warnings, or to provide feedback to the user, a simple way to enhance the user experience.
Use cases:
So many use cases!
Understanding the markup
ìd="tooltip-container
: is the parent element that will contain the tooltip.ìd="tooltip-button
: is the button that will trigger the tooltip.ìd="tooltip"
is the tooltip itself.absolute
: is the positioning of the tooltipt and will be positioned absolutely relative to the parent element.z-10
: is the z-index of the tooltip. It will be positioned above all other elements on the page, this will ensure that the tooltip is always visible, when the user hovers over the button.Classes are omitted for brevity
<div id="tooltip-container">
<button id="tooltip-button" type="button"> Poke me </button>
<div id="tooltip" class="absolute z-10" style="display: none;">
<div role="menu" aria-orientation="vertical" aria-labelledby="options-menu">
<!-- Tooltip Content -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
: This is the event listener that will run when the page is loaded.const tooltipContainer = document.getElementById("tooltip-container");
: This line of code will get the element with the id of “tooltip-container” and store it in a variable called tooltipContainer
.const tooltip = document.getElementById("tooltip");
: This line of code will get the element with the id of “tooltip” and store it in a variable called tooltip
.const showTooltip = () => (tooltip.style.display = "flex");
: This line of code will set the display property of the tooltip
element to “flex” and will also set the display
property of the tooltip
element to “flex”.const hideTooltip = () => (tooltip.style.display = "none");
: This line of code will set the display property of the tooltip
element to “none” and will also set the display
property of the tooltip
element to “none”.tooltipContainer.addEventListener("mouseenter", showTooltip);
: This line of code will add an event listener to the tooltip-container
element that will run the showTooltip
function when the mouse enters the element.tooltipContainer.addEventListener("mouseleave", hideTooltip);
: This line of code will add an event listener to the tooltip-container
element that will run the hideTooltip
function when the mouse leaves the element.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const tooltipContainer = document.getElementById("tooltip-container");
const tooltip = document.getElementById("tooltip");
const showTooltip = () => (tooltip.style.display = "flex");
const hideTooltip = () => (tooltip.style.display = "none");
tooltipContainer.addEventListener("mouseenter", showTooltip);
tooltipContainer.addEventListener("mouseleave", hideTooltip);
});
This is a super simple tooltip that you can recreate with Tailwind CSS and JavaScript. You can customize the tooltip content and style to fit your needs. Before using it in your project, make sure to test it thoroughly to ensure that it works as expected and it’s accessible to all users.
Remember that you create a tooltip with simple CSS and even with just Tailwind CSS without JavaScript, you can still create a tooltip that is accessible and easy to use.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have a good day!
/Michael Andreuzza
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