Tooltip in Angular Ribbon component

27 Apr 202424 minutes to read

The Ribbon component supports tooltip to show additional information in the Ribbon items. The tooltip appears when the user hovers over a Ribbon item.

Adding title

You can use the title property to set the tooltip title for each Ribbon item.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonTooltipSettingsModel, RibbonButtonSettingsModel, RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel, ItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard">
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="pasteButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="pasteOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="cutOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="copyButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="copyOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="formatButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="formatOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public copyButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" };
  public formatButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" };
  public pasteSettings: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
  public pasteButton: RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste', items: this.pasteSettings, content: 'Paste' }

  public cutOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Cut" };
  public copyOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Copy" };
  public formatOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Format Painter" };
  public pasteOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Paste" };
}

Adding content

You can use the content property to set the tooltip content for each Ribbon item.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonTooltipSettingsModel, RibbonButtonSettingsModel, RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel, ItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard">
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="pasteButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="pasteOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="cutOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="copyButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="copyOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="formatButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="formatOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public copyButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" };
  public formatButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" };
  public pasteSettings: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
  public pasteButton: RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste', items: this.pasteSettings, content: 'Paste' }

  public cutOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Cut", content: "Places the selected text or object on the clipboard so that you can paste it somewhere else." };
  public copyOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Copy", content: "Copies the chosen text or object to the clipboard so that you can reuse it elsewhere." };
  public formatOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Format Painter", content: "Copies the formatting style of a selected text or object and applies it to other content within the document." };
  public pasteOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Paste", content: "Insert the clipboard content where the cursor is currently placed." };
}

Adding icon

You can use the iconCss property to specify the icons to be displayed in the tooltip.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonTooltipSettingsModel, RibbonButtonSettingsModel, RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel, ItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: `<!-- To Render Ribbon. -->
    <ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
        <e-ribbon-tabs>
            <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
                <e-ribbon-groups>
                    <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard">
                        <e-ribbon-collections>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="pasteButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="pasteOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-collection>
                                <e-ribbon-items>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="cutOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="copyButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="copyOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                    <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="formatButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="formatOptions">
                                    </e-ribbon-item>
                                </e-ribbon-items>
                            </e-ribbon-collection>
                        </e-ribbon-collections>
                    </e-ribbon-group>
                </e-ribbon-groups>
            </e-ribbon-tab>
        </e-ribbon-tabs>
    </ejs-ribbon>`,
})
export class AppComponent {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public copyButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" };
  public formatButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" };
  public pasteSettings: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
  public pasteButton: RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste', items: this.pasteSettings, content: 'Paste' }

  public cutOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Cut", content: "Places the selected text or object on the clipboard so that you can paste it somewhere else.", iconCss: "e-icons e-cut" };
  public copyOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Copy", content: "Copies the chosen text or object to the clipboard so that you can reuse it elsewhere.", iconCss: "e-icons e-copy" };
  public formatOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Format Painter", content: "Copies the formatting style of a selected text or object and applies it to other content within the document.", iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter" };
  public pasteOptions: RibbonTooltipSettingsModel = { title: "Paste", content: "Insert the clipboard content where the cursor is currently placed.", iconCss: "e-icons e-paste" };
}

Customization

You can use the cssClass property to customize the appearance of the tooltip with your own custom styles.

app.component.ts
main.ts
app.component.html
app.component.css
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { RibbonModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon'

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { RibbonTooltipModel, RibbonButtonSettingsModel, RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-ribbon';
import { ItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-splitbuttons';
@Component({
imports: [ RibbonModule],
standalone: true,
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  public cutButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" };
  public copyButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" };
  public formatButton: RibbonButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" };
  public pasteSettings: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
  public pasteButton: RibbonSplitButtonSettingsModel = { iconCss: 'e-icons e-paste', items: this.pasteSettings, content: 'Paste' }

  public cutOptions: RibbonTooltipModel = { title: "Cut", content: "Places the selected text or object on the clipboard so that you can paste it somewhere else.", cssClass: "custom-tooltip" };
  public formatOptions: RibbonTooltipModel = { title: "Format Painter", content: "Copies the formatting style of a selected text or object and applies it to other content within the document.", cssClass: "custom-tooltip" };
  public copyOptions: RibbonTooltipModel = { title: "Copy", content: "Copies the chosen text or object to the clipboard so that you can reuse it elsewhere.", cssClass: "custom-tooltip" };
  public pasteOptions: RibbonTooltipModel = { title: "Paste", content: "Insert the clipboard content where the cursor is currently placed.", cssClass: "custom-tooltip" };
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
<ejs-ribbon id="ribbon">
    <e-ribbon-tabs>
        <e-ribbon-tab header="Home">
            <e-ribbon-groups>
                <e-ribbon-group header="Clipboard">
                    <e-ribbon-collections>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="SplitButton" [splitButtonSettings]="pasteButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="pasteOptions">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                        <e-ribbon-collection>
                            <e-ribbon-items>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="cutButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="cutOptions">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="copyButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="copyOptions">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                                <e-ribbon-item type="Button" [buttonSettings]="formatButton" [ribbonTooltipSettings]="formatOptions">
                                </e-ribbon-item>
                            </e-ribbon-items>
                        </e-ribbon-collection>
                    </e-ribbon-collections>
                </e-ribbon-group>
            </e-ribbon-groups>
        </e-ribbon-tab>
    </e-ribbon-tabs>
</ejs-ribbon>
:root {
  --borderColor: rgb(72, 72, 72);
  --black: #000000;
}  

/* To customize the appearance of the tooltip */
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip.e-popup {
  border: 2px solid var(--borderColor);
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: var(--black);
}

/* To customize the arrow of the tooltip */
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-arrow-tip .e-arrow-tip-inner.e-tip-top,
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-arrow-tip .e-arrow-tip-inner.e-tip-bottom {
  color: var(--black);;
}
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-arrow-tip-outer.e-tip-top {
  border-bottom: 8px solid var(--borderColor); 
}
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-arrow-tip-outer.e-tip-bottom {
  border-top: 8px solid var(--borderColor);; 
}

/* To change the size of the tooltip title */
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-tip-content .e-ribbon-tooltip-title {
  font-size: 14px;
}

/* To change the size of the tooltip content */
.custom-tooltip.e-ribbon-tooltip .e-tip-content .e-ribbon-text-container .e-ribbon-tooltip-content {
  font-size: 11px;
}