v-tooltip

Easy tooltips, popovers and dropdown with Popper.js

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Table of Contents

• Getting started
• Installation
• Usage
  • Directive
    • Object notation
    • Dynamic CSS classes
    • Other options
    • Tooltip auto-hiding
    • Disabling tooltips
  • Component
    • Popover Component Reference
    • Close directive
  • Global options
• Style Examples

Getting started

This package offers two different usages: directive or component. You can use them to create tooltips, popovers or all kinds of dropdowns.

1. Install the plugin:

npm install --save v-tooltip

1. Add the plugin into your app:

import Vue from 'vue'
import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
 
Vue.use(VTooltip)

More info on installation

1. Add some style to your liking.

2. Use the v-tooltip directive:

<button v-tooltip="'You have ' + count + ' new messages.'">

More info on the directive

1. Use the v-popover component:

<v-popover>
  <!-- This will be the popover target (for the events and position) -->
  <button>Click me</button>
  <!-- This will be the content of the popover -->
  <MyAwesomeComponent slot="popover"/>
</v-popover>

More info on the component

Installation

Npm

npm install --save v-tooltip

Install the plugin into Vue:

import Vue from 'vue'
import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
 
Vue.use(VTooltip)

Or use the directives and components directly:

import Vue from 'vue'
import { VTooltip, VPopover, VClosePopover } from 'v-tooltip'
 
Vue.directive('tooltip', VTooltip)
Vue.directive('close-popover', VClosePopover)
Vue.component('v-popover', VPopover)

Browser

Include v-tooltip in the page.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/v-tooltip"></script>

If Vue is detected in the Page, the plugin is installed automatically.

Manually install the plugin into Vue:

Vue.use(VTooltip)

Or use the directives and components directly:

Vue.directive('tooltip', VTooltip.VTooltip)
Vue.directive('close-popover', VTooltip.VClosePopover)
Vue.component('v-popover', VTooltip.VPopover)

Usage

Directive

In the template, use the v-tooltip directive:

<button v-tooltip="'You have ' + count + ' new messages.'">

Of course, you can use a reactive property:

<button v-tooltip="tooltipContent">

You can specify the tooltip position as a modifier:

<button v-tooltip.bottom-start="'You have ' + count + ' new messages.'">

The available positions are:

• 'auto'
• 'auto-start'
• 'auto-end'
• 'top'
• 'top-start'
• 'top-end'
• 'right'
• 'right-start'
• 'right-end'
• 'bottom'
• 'bottom-start'
• 'bottom-end'
• 'left'
• 'left-start'
• 'left-end'

⚠️ You need to add style to the tooltips: examples.

Object notation

You can use an object instead of a simple string:

<button v-tooltip="{ content: 'You have ' + count + ' new messages.' }">

Dynamic CSS classes

You can set the tooltip css classes dynamically with the object notation:

<button v-tooltip="{ content: 'You have ' + count + ' new messages.', classes: ['a', 'b'] }">

This will replace the default CSS classe with 'a b' on the tooltip element.

You can also use the standard class notation:

<button v-tooltip="{ content: 'You have ' + count + ' new messages.', classes: 'a b' }">

Or a reactive property:

<button v-tooltip="{ content: 'You have ' + count + ' new messages.', classes: tooltipClasses }">

Other options

<button v-tooltip="options">

• content - HTML text to be displayed in the tooltip. Can also be a function that returns the content or a Promise.
• classes - (see above)
• targetClasses - CSS classes added to the target element of the tooltip.
• html - Boolean: allow HTML tooltip content.
• delay - Show/Hide delay, or object: { show: 500, hide: 100 } (ms).
• placement - (see above)
• trigger - Events triggering the tooltip separated with spaces: 'hover', 'click', 'focus' or 'manual' ('manual' can't be combined with any other event).
• show - Boolean to manually open or hide the tooltip.
• offset - Offset of the position (px).
• container - Selector: Container where the tooltip will be appended (e.g. 'body').
• boundariesElement - DOM element for the tooltip boundaries.
• template - HTML template of the tooltip.
• arrowSelector - CSS selector to get the arrow element in the tooltip template.
• innerSelector - CSS selector to get the inner content element in the tooltip template.
• autoHide - Boolean: automatically close the tooltip on mouseover.
• hideOnTargetClick - Boolean: automatically close the tooltip on target click.
• loadingClass - CSS classes added to the tooltip when content is loading.
• loadingContent - Same as content, used when the actual tooltip content is loading.
• popperOptions - Other Popper.js options.

You can change the default values in the Global options.

Async content example

The content option accepts a promise:

<button
  v-tooltip="{
    content: asyncMethod(),
    loadingContent: 'Please wait...',
    loadingClass: 'content-is-loading',
  }"
>Hover me!</button>

Manual trigger example

Use the trigger and show options:

<button
  v-tooltip="{
    content: 'Tooltip content here',
    show: isOpen,
    trigger: 'manual',
  }"
>A button</button>

Tooltip auto-hiding

By default, if trigger contains 'hover', the tooltip is automatically hidden on hover or click. To disable this, set the autoHide option to false:

VTooltip.options.autoHide = false

Disabling tooltips

On mobile, you can disable the tooltips with the VTooltip.enabled property:

VTooltip.enabled = window.innerWidth > 768

Component

If you need to display components inside the tooltip (or popover/dropdown, technically it's the same 😄), use the v-popover component:

<v-popover
  offset="16"
>
  <!-- This will be the popover target (for the events and position) -->
  <button class="tooltip-target b3">Click me</button>
 
  <!-- This will be the content of the popover -->
  <template slot="popover">
    <input class="tooltip-content" v-model="msg" placeholder="Tooltip content" />
    <p>
      {{ msg }}
    </p>
 
    <!-- You can put other components too -->
    <ExampleComponent char="=" />
  </template>
</v-popover>

By default, the popover will have the tooltip and popover classes, so you can easily override the style:

.tooltip {
  // ... 
 
  &.popover {
    $color: #f9f9f9;
 
    .popover-inner {
      background: $color;
      color: black;
      padding: 24px;
      border-radius: 5px;
      box-shadow: 0 5px 30px rgba(black, .1);
    }
 
    .popover-arrow {
      border-color: $color;
    }
  }
}

⚠️ Set the arrow element z-index CSS property:

.tooltip-arrow {
  z-index: 1;
}

Popover Component Reference

Props:

• open - Boolean that shows or hide the popover.
• disabled - Boolean that disables the popover. If it was already open, it will be closed.
• placement - (see above)
• delay - (see above)
• trigger - (see above)
• offset - (see above)
• container - (see above)
• boundariesElement - (see above)
• popperOptions - (see above)
• popoverClass - Classes applied to the popover element. Use this to apply different themes to the popover.
• popoverBaseClass - Base classes applied to the popover element (defaults to 'tooltip popover').
• popoverWrapperClass - Class of the element that contains the arrow and inner content.
• popoverArrowClass - Class of the arrow element.
• popoverInnerClass - Class of the inner content element.
• autoHide - Hide the popover if clicked outside.
• handleResize - Automatically update the popover position if its size changes.
• openGroup - If set, will close all the open popovers that have a different open-group value or unset.
• openClass - Class put on the popover when it's open.

You can change the default values in the Global options.

Events:

• update:open(Boolean) - This allow you to use the .sync modifier on the open prop.
• show
• apply-show - Emitted after the show delay
• hide
• apply-hide - Emitted after the hide delay
• dispose
• auto-hide - Emitted when the popover is closed if clicked outside.
• close-directive - Emitted when the popover is closed with the Close directive.
• close-group - Emitted when the popover is closed because a popover of another open-group was shown.
• resize - Emitted when the content size changes. You must set the handleResize prop to true.

Disable popover

<v-popover :disabled="isDisabled"></v-popover>

data () {
  return {
    isDisabled: true,
  }
}

Close directive

Use the v-close-popover directive on an element inside the popover to close it when the element is clicked (or touched on mobile):

<v-popover>
  <button>Click me</button>
 
  <template slot="popover">
    <a v-close-popover>Close</a>
  </template>
</v-popover>

You can also set it to true or false to enable or disable the directive (enabled by default):

<a v-close-popover="false">Close</a>
<a v-close-popover="true">Close</a>

You can also use a property:

<a v-close-popover="myBooleanProp">Close</a>

data () {
  return {
    myBooleanProp: true,
  }
}

Close all the popovers in the page with the all modifier:

<a v-close-popover.all>Close All</a>

Global options

The default global options are:

{
  // Default tooltip placement relative to target element
  defaultPlacement: 'top',
  // Default CSS classes applied to the tooltip element
  defaultClass: 'vue-tooltip-theme',
  // Default CSS classes applied to the target element of the tooltip
  defaultTargetClass: 'has-tooltip',
  // Is the content HTML by default?
  defaultHtml: true,
  // Default HTML template of the tooltip element
  // It must include `tooltip-arrow` & `tooltip-inner` CSS classes (can be configured, see below)
  // Change if the classes conflict with other libraries (for example bootstrap)
  defaultTemplate: '<div class="tooltip" role="tooltip"><div class="tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="tooltip-inner"></div></div>',
  // Selector used to get the arrow element in the tooltip template
  defaultArrowSelector: '.tooltip-arrow, .tooltip__arrow',
  // Selector used to get the inner content element in the tooltip template
  defaultInnerSelector: '.tooltip-inner, .tooltip__inner',
  // Delay (ms)
  defaultDelay: 0,
  // Default events that trigger the tooltip
  defaultTrigger: 'hover focus',
  // Default position offset (px)
  defaultOffset: 0,
  // Default container where the tooltip will be appended
  defaultContainer: 'body',
  defaultBoundariesElement: undefined,
  defaultPopperOptions: {},
  // Class added when content is loading
  defaultLoadingClass: 'tooltip-loading',
  // Displayed when tooltip content is loading
  defaultLoadingContent: '...',
  // Hide on mouseover tooltip
  autoHide: true,
  // Close tooltip on click on tooltip target?
  defaultHideOnTargetClick: true,
  // Auto destroy tooltip DOM nodes (ms)
  disposeTimeout: 5000,
  // Options for popover
  popover: {
    defaultPlacement: 'bottom',
    // Use the `popoverClass` prop for theming
    defaultClass: 'vue-popover-theme',
    // Base class (change if conflicts with other libraries)
    defaultBaseClass: 'tooltip popover',
    // Wrapper class (contains arrow and inner)
    defaultWrapperClass: 'wrapper',
    // Inner content class
    defaultInnerClass: 'tooltip-inner popover-inner',
    // Arrow class
    defaultArrowClass: 'tooltip-arrow popover-arrow',
    // Class added when popover is open
    defaultOpenClass: 'open',
    defaultDelay: 0,
    defaultTrigger: 'click',
    defaultOffset: 0,
    defaultContainer: 'body',
    defaultBoundariesElement: undefined,
    defaultPopperOptions: {},
    // Hides if clicked outside of popover
    defaultAutoHide: true,
    // Update popper on content resize
    defaultHandleResize: true,
  },
}

You can change the options during install with the arguments:

import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
Vue.use(VTooltip, options)

Or directly on package:

import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
// Set custom CSS class
VTooltip.options.defaultClass = 'my-tooltip'

Style Examples

Bellow are some examples of style you need. Here is another example, used in the live demo.

Sass / Less

.tooltip {
  display: block !important;
  z-index: 10000;
 
  .tooltip-inner {
    background: black;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 16px;
    padding: 5px 10px 4px;
  }
 
  .tooltip-arrow {
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-style: solid;
    position: absolute;
    margin: 5px;
    border-color: black;
    z-index: 1;
  }
 
  &[x-placement^="top"] {
    margin-bottom: 5px;
 
    .tooltip-arrow {
      border-width: 5px 5px 0 5px;
      border-left-color: transparent !important;
      border-right-color: transparent !important;
      border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
      bottom: -5px;
      left: calc(50% - 5px);
      margin-top: 0;
      margin-bottom: 0;
    }
  }
 
  &[x-placement^="bottom"] {
    margin-top: 5px;
 
    .tooltip-arrow {
      border-width: 0 5px 5px 5px;
      border-left-color: transparent !important;
      border-right-color: transparent !important;
      border-top-color: transparent !important;
      top: -5px;
      left: calc(50% - 5px);
      margin-top: 0;
      margin-bottom: 0;
    }
  }
 
  &[x-placement^="right"] {
    margin-left: 5px;
 
    .tooltip-arrow {
      border-width: 5px 5px 5px 0;
      border-left-color: transparent !important;
      border-top-color: transparent !important;
      border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
      left: -5px;
      top: calc(50% - 5px);
      margin-left: 0;
      margin-right: 0;
    }
  }
 
  &[x-placement^="left"] {
    margin-right: 5px;
 
    .tooltip-arrow {
      border-width: 5px 0 5px 5px;
      border-top-color: transparent !important;
      border-right-color: transparent !important;
      border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
      right: -5px;
      top: calc(50% - 5px);
      margin-left: 0;
      margin-right: 0;
    }
  }
 
  &.popover {
    $color: #f9f9f9;
 
    .popover-inner {
      background: $color;
      color: black;
      padding: 24px;
      border-radius: 5px;
      box-shadow: 0 5px 30px rgba(black, .1);
    }
 
    .popover-arrow {
      border-color: $color;
    }
  }
 
  &[aria-hidden='true'] {
    visibility: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: opacity .15s, visibility .15s;
  }
 
  &[aria-hidden='false'] {
    visibility: visible;
    opacity: 1;
    transition: opacity .15s;
  }
}

CSS

.tooltip {
  display: block !important;
  z-index: 10000;
}
 
.tooltip .tooltip-inner {
  background: black;
  color: white;
  border-radius: 16px;
  padding: 5px 10px 4px;
}
 
.tooltip .tooltip-arrow {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-style: solid;
  position: absolute;
  margin: 5px;
  border-color: black;
  z-index: 1;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="top"] {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="top"] .tooltip-arrow {
  border-width: 5px 5px 0 5px;
  border-left-color: transparent !important;
  border-right-color: transparent !important;
  border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
  bottom: -5px;
  left: calc(50% - 5px);
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="bottom"] {
  margin-top: 5px;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="bottom"] .tooltip-arrow {
  border-width: 0 5px 5px 5px;
  border-left-color: transparent !important;
  border-right-color: transparent !important;
  border-top-color: transparent !important;
  top: -5px;
  left: calc(50% - 5px);
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="right"] {
  margin-left: 5px;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="right"] .tooltip-arrow {
  border-width: 5px 5px 5px 0;
  border-left-color: transparent !important;
  border-top-color: transparent !important;
  border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
  left: -5px;
  top: calc(50% - 5px);
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="left"] {
  margin-right: 5px;
}
 
.tooltip[x-placement^="left"] .tooltip-arrow {
  border-width: 5px 0 5px 5px;
  border-top-color: transparent !important;
  border-right-color: transparent !important;
  border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
  right: -5px;
  top: calc(50% - 5px);
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
}
 
.tooltip.popover .popover-inner {
  background: #f9f9f9;
  color: black;
  padding: 24px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 30px rgba(black, .1);
}
 
.tooltip.popover .popover-arrow {
  border-color: #f9f9f9;
}
 
.tooltip[aria-hidden='true'] {
  visibility: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .15s, visibility .15s;
}
 
.tooltip[aria-hidden='false'] {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
  transition: opacity .15s;
}

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