Tooltip

A popup that displays information related to an element when the element receives keyboard focus or the mouse hovers over it.

Docs API Reference

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import {
  Tooltip,
  TooltipContent,
  TooltipTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip"

export function TooltipDemo() {
  return (
    <Tooltip>
      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
        <Button variant="outline">Hover</Button>
      </TooltipTrigger>
      <TooltipContent>
        <p>Add to library</p>
      </TooltipContent>
    </Tooltip>
  )
}

Installation


pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add tooltip

Usage

import {
  Tooltip,
  TooltipContent,
  TooltipTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip"

<Tooltip>
  <TooltipTrigger>Hover</TooltipTrigger>
  <TooltipContent>
    <p>Add to library</p>
  </TooltipContent>
</Tooltip>

Changelog

We've updated the tooltip colors to use the foreground color for the background and the background color for the foreground.

Replace bg-primary text-primary-foreground with bg-foreground text-background for both <TooltipContent /> and <TooltipArrow />.

Toggle Group Typography

On This Page

Installation Usage Changelog 2025-09-22 Update tooltip colors

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