Tooltip Class
File
wijmo.js
Module
wijmo
Derived Classes
ChartTooltip

Provides a pop-up window that displays additional information about elements on the page.

The Tooltip class can be used in two modes:

**Automatic Mode:** Use the setTooltip method to connect the Tooltip to one or more elements on the page. The Tooltip will automatically monitor events and display the tooltips when the user performs actions that trigger the tooltip. For example:

import { Tooltip } from '@mescius/wijmo';
let tt = new Tooltip();
tt.setTooltip('#menu', 'Select commands.');
tt.setTooltip('#tree', 'Explore the hierarchy.');
tt.setTooltip('#chart', '#idChartTooltip');

**Manual Mode:** The caller is responsible for showing and hiding the tooltip using the show and hide methods. For example:

import { Tooltip } from '@mescius/wijmo';
let tt = new Tooltip();
element.addEventListener('click', () => {
    if (tt.isVisible) {
        tt.hide();
    } else {
        tt.show(element, 'This is an important element!');
    }
});

The example below shows how you can use the Tooltip class to add Excel-style notes to cells in a FlexGrid control:

{@sample Grid/CustomCells/CellNotes/purejs Example}

Constructor

constructor

constructor(options?: any): Tooltip

Initializes a new instance of the Tooltip class.

Parameters
  • options: any Optional

    JavaScript object containing initialization data for the Tooltip.

Returns
Tooltip

Properties

cssClass

Gets or sets a CSS class name to add to the tooltip.

The default value for this property is an empty string.

Type
string

gap

Gets or sets the distance between the tooltip and the target element.

The default value for the property is **6** pixels.

Type
number

hideDelay

Gets or sets the delay, in milliseconds, before hiding the tooltip if the mouse remains over the element.

The default value for the property is **zero** milliseconds, which causes the tip to remain visible until the mouse moves away from the element.

Type
number

isAnimated

Gets or sets a value that determines whether tooltips should use a fade-in animation when shown.

The default value for this property is **false**.

Type
boolean

isContentHtml

Gets or sets a value that determines whether the tooltip contents should be displayed as plain text or as HTML.

The default value for the property is **true**.

Type
boolean

isVisible

Gets a value that determines whether the tooltip is currently visible.

Type
boolean

position

Gets or sets the PopupPosition where the tooltip should be displayed with respect to the owner element.

The default value for this property is **PopupPosition.Above**.

Type
PopupPosition

showAtMouse

Gets or sets a value that determines whether the tooltip should be calculated based on the mouse position rather than the target element.

The default value for the property is **false**, which means the tooltip position is calculated based on the target element.

The position property is used to determine the tooltip position in respect to the target element or to the mouse position.

Type
boolean

showDelay

Gets or sets the delay, in milliseconds, before showing the tooltip after the mouse enters the target element.

The default value for the property is **500** milliseconds.

Type
number

trigger

Gets or sets the TooltipTrigger that determines how the tooltip should be triggered.

The default value for this property is **TooltipTrigger.Focus**.

Type
TooltipTrigger

Methods

dispose

dispose(): void

Removes all tooltips associated with this Tooltip instance.

Returns
void

getTooltip

getTooltip(element: any): string

Gets the tooltip content associated with a given element.

Parameters
  • element: any

    Element, element ID, or control that the tooltip explains.

Returns
string

hide

hide(): void

Hides the tooltip if it is currently visible.

Returns
void

onPopup

onPopup(e: TooltipEventArgs): boolean

Raises the popup event.

Parameters
Returns
boolean

setTooltip

setTooltip(element: any, content: string | null, position?: PopupPosition): void

Assigns tooltip content to a given element on the page.

The same tooltip may be used to display information for any number of elements on the page. To remove the tooltip from an element, call setTooltip and specify null for the content.

To remove the tooltips for all elements, call the dispose method.

Parameters
  • element: any

    Element, single element CSS selector, or control that the tooltip explains.

  • content: string | null

    Tooltip content or ID of the element that contains the tooltip content.

  • position: PopupPosition Optional

    Position where the tooltip should be displayed with respect to the owner element.

Returns
void

show

show(element: any, content: string, bounds?: Rect, position?: PopupPosition): void

Shows a tooltip with the specified content next to the specified element.

Parameters
  • element: any

    Element, element ID, or control that the tooltip explains.

  • content: string

    Tooltip content or ID of the element that contains the tooltip content.

  • bounds: Rect Optional

    Optional parameter that defines the bounds of the area that the tooltip targets. If not provided, the element bounds are used.

  • position: PopupPosition Optional

    Optional parameter that specifies the position of the tooltip with respect to the reference bounds. If provided, this value overrides the setting of the position property.

Returns
void

Events