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Microtip

šŸ’¬ Minimal, accessible, ultra lightweight css tooltip library. Just 1kb.

Install / Use

/learn @ghosh/Microtip
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

<p align="center"> <img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/lux7521vqphtrsz/microtip.png?raw=1" width="200px"/> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="#"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20with-love-E760A4.svg" alt="Made with love"> </a> <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg" alt="License"> </a> <a href="https://travis-ci.org/ghosh/microtip" target="_blank"> <img src="https://api.travis-ci.org/ghosh/microtip.svg" alt="Build Status"> </a> </p> <p align="center"> Modern, minimal css tooptip library with accessibility baked in. Just `1kb` minified and gzipped. </p>

Microtip

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Table of Contents

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Installation

via npm

npm install microtip

via yarn

yarn add microtip

via CDN

https://unpkg.com/microtip/microtip.css

direct download

curl -o microtip https://github.com/ghosh/microtip/blob/master/microtip.css

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Setup

in PostCSS

@import 'microtip';

in Webpack

import microtip from 'microtip/microtip.css'

in SCSS

@import 'microtip/microtip';

Make sure, node_modules is included in the includePaths setting. You can then directly import the library into your file.

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Usage

Using the tooltip is incredibly simple. Simply add a aria-label and role="tooltip" attribute to the element on which you want the tooltip to appear. The tooltip message is the attribute value aria-label="your message". This along with a position modifier is all you need to get going. Example:-

<button aria-label="Hey tooltip!" data-microtip-position="top" role="tooltip">

Position Modifiers

You can change the direction of the tooltip by adding a data-microtip-position attribute. The accepted values of this attribute are:- top, top-left, top-right, bottom, bottom-left, bottom-right, left and right. Example:-

<button aria-label="Hey tooltip!" data-microtip-position="top-left" role="tooltip">

Size Modifiers

By default, the tooltip will takeup only the size it requires to show the text. You can specify sizes by adding a data-microtip-size attribute. The accepted values include small, medium, large and fit. Example:-

<button aria-label="This is a decently long text!" data-microtip-position="top-left" data-microtip-size="medium" role="tooltip">

Note - fit sets the width of the tooltip to be the same as the width on the element. It only works along with the top and bottom position modifiers.

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Customization

Microtip uses css variables, which allows you to customize the behavior of the tooltip as per your needs.

| Variable | Description | Default Value | |----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------| | --microtip-transition-duration | Specifies the duration of the tootltip transition | .18s | | --microtip-transition-delay | The delay on hover before showing the tooltip | 0s | | --microtip-transition-easing | The easing applied while transitioning the tooltip | ease-in-out | | --microtip-font-size | Sets the font size of the text in tooltip | 13px | | --microtip-font-weight | The font weight of the text in tooltip | normal | | --microtip-text-transform | Controls the casing of the text | none |

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Example:-

:root {
 --microtip-transition-duration: 0.5s;
 --microtip-transition-delay: 1s;
 --microtip-transition-easing: ease-out;
 --microtip-font-size: 13px;
 --microtip-font-weight: bold;
 --microtip-text-transform: uppercase;
}

The above code will cause all the tooltips to transition over 0.5s while applying an easing of type ease-out after a delay of 1s. The text will be bold and uppercase and have a font size of 13px.

You could also customize the tooltip for individual instances by using a selector more specific than :root. Example:-

.tooltip {
 --microtip-transition-duration: 0.2s;
 --microtip-transition-delay: 0s;
 --microtip-transition-easing: ease-in-out;
}

The above code would only affect the tooltips shown on any element with the tooltip class.

For more on css variables see here

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Related

  • Micromodal - Tiny javascript library for creating accessible modal dialogs

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Credits

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<p align="center">āœŒļø</p> <p align="center"> <sub><sup>A little project by <a href="https://twitter.com/_ighosh">@i_ghosh</a></sup></sub> </p>
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GitHub Stars1.4k
CategoryDevelopment
Updated5d ago
Forks73

Languages

CSS

Security Score

100/100

Audited on Mar 22, 2026

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