August 14, 2023

A simple, ok-sized tooltip for React with minimal boilerplate and a really nice feel

React Ok Tooltip

React Ok Tooltip is a simple and easy to use tooltip component for React.

Usage

Inside App.tsx:

import { OkTooltip } from '@deepdub/react-ok-tooltip';
import '@deepdub/react-ok-tooltip/dist/tooltip.css';

function App() {
  return (
    <>
      {/* insert app here... */}
      
    
  );
}

Then, inside Component.tsx:

import { tooltip } from '@deepdub/react-ok-tooltip';

function Component() {
  return (
    

Options

Tooltip Options

tooltip() method accepts two parameters: title (a string) and options (an object of shape TooltipProps).

TooltipProps may include any of the follwing:

  • subtitle: string - A subtitle that will appear, well, below the title.
  • maxWidth: string - A string, passed to the tooltip's style.maxWidth.

All are optional.

Global Tooltip Options

Customize the tooltip by passing any of these to :

  • arrowSize: number - The size of the arrow.
  • backgroundColor: string - The background color of the tooltip.
  • borderColor: string - The border color of the tooltip.
  • delay: number - Tooltip delay in milliseconds (default: 1000).
  • className: string - Will be passed on the to tooltip itself.
  • arrowClassName: string - Will be passed on the to tooltip itself.

All are optional.

Tooltip Group

React Ok Tooltip also supports a concept we've called "tooltip group".

A tooltip group lets you anchor multiple tooltips to a single element (as shown in the GIF above, when the cursor hovers the middle section).

Usage

import { tooltip } from '@deepdub/react-ok-tooltip';

function Component() {
  return (
    
); }