How TO - Tooltip
Learn how to create tooltips with CSS.
Hover over the text below:
Top
Tooltip text
Right
Tooltip text
Bottom
Tooltip text
Left
Tooltip text
How To Create Tooltips
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<div class="tooltip">Hover over me
<span class="tooltiptext">Tooltip
text</span>
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Example
/* Tooltip container */
.tooltip {
position:
relative;
display: inline-block;
border-bottom: 1px dotted black; /* If you want dots under the hoverable
text */
}
/* Tooltip text */
.tooltip .tooltiptext
{
visibility: hidden;
width:
120px;
background-color: #555;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px 0;
border-radius: 6px;
/* Position the tooltip text */
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
bottom: 125%;
left:
50%;
margin-left: -60px;
/*
Fade in tooltip */
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
}
/* Tooltip arrow */
.tooltip .tooltiptext::after
{
content: "";
position:
absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
border-width: 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #555 transparent
transparent transparent;
}
/* Show the tooltip text when
you mouse over the tooltip container */
.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
visibility: visible;
opacity: 1;
}
Try it Yourself »
Tip: Go to our CSS Tooltip Tutorial to learn more about tooltips.
Tip: To create "clickable" tooltips, go to our How To Create Popups Tutorial
Tip: Modals are also similar to tooltips. Go to our How To Create Modals Tutorial to learn about modals.
