tooltip

Import

import Tooltip from '@mui/material/Tooltip';
// or
import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material';

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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.
classes	object	-	Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS classes API below for more details.
components	{ Arrow?: elementType, Popper?: elementType, Tooltip?: elementType, Transition?: elementType }	{}	The components used for each slot inside.
componentsProps	{ arrow?: object, popper?: object, tooltip?: object, transition?: object }	{}	The extra props for the slot components. You can override the existing props or add new ones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
onClose	func	-	Callback fired when the component requests to be closed. Signature: function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void
onOpen	func	-	Callback fired when the component requests to be open. Signature: function(event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void
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.
PopperComponent	elementType	-	The component used for the popper.
PopperProps	object	{}	Props applied to the Popper element.
slotProps	{ arrow?: func | object, popper?: func | object, tooltip?: func | object, transition?: func | object }	{}	The props used for each slot inside.
slots	{ arrow?: elementType, popper?: elementType, tooltip?: elementType, transition?: elementType }	{}	The components used for each slot inside.
sx	Array<func | object | bool> | func | object	-	The system prop that allows defining system overrides as well as additional CSS styles.
title	node	-	Tooltip title. Zero-length titles string, undefined, null and false are never displayed.
TransitionComponent	elementType	-	The component used for the transition.
TransitionProps	object	{}	Props applied to the transition element.

The ref is forwarded to the root element.

Theme default props

You can use MuiTooltip to change the default props of this component with the theme.

Slot name	Class name	Default component	Description
popper	.MuiTooltip-popper	Popper	The component used for the popper.
transition	-	Grow	The component used for the transition.
tooltip	.MuiTooltip-tooltip	-	The component used for the tooltip.
arrow	.MuiTooltip-arrow	-	The component used for the arrow.

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Source code

If you did not find the information in this page, consider having a look at the implementation of the component for more detail.