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Tooltip

Tooltip

Tooltips are desktop-only components that display additional information when hovering over or focusing on an element.

  • Keyboard Hover Support: Tooltips should be accessible when an element is focused using the keyboard.
  • Dynamic Positioning: Tooltip content should be displayed based on the current position of the trigger element on the screen and always visible to the user.
  • Hover Timeout: Having a small timeout before triggering a tooltip will help to prevent occasionally showing tooltips while users move their mouse cursor.
  • Light Variant: The tooltip should respect its parent element background and provide a variant to be used on darker background colours.
  • Instant Transition for Element Groups: If there’s a group of elements using tooltips, hovering over another element while a tooltip’s already active shouldn’t trigger the animation.

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