Display tooltip on svg and canvas elements in EJ2 JavaScript Tooltip control

8 May 20237 minutes to read

Tooltip can be displayed on both SVG and Canvas elements. You can directly attach the <svg> or <canvas> elements to show tooltips on data visualization elements.

SVG

Create the SVG square element and refer to the following code snippet to render the tooltip on SVG square.

let square: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'SVG Square',
    target: '#square
});
square.appendTo('#box');

Canvas

Create the canvas circle element and refer to the following code snippet to render the tooltip on Canvas circle.

let circle: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'Canvas Circle',
    target: '#circle'
});
circle.appendTo('#box');

index.ts
index.html
import { Tooltip } from '@syncfusion/ej2-popups';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';

//Render tooltip component
let square: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'SVG Square',
    target: '#square'
});
square.appendTo('#box');

let ellipse: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'SVG Ellipse',
    target: '#ellipse'
});
ellipse.appendTo('#box');

let polyline: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'SVG Polyline',
    target: '#polyline'
});
polyline.appendTo('#box');

let circle: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'Canvas Circle',
    target: '#circle'
});
circle.appendTo('#box');

let triangle: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'Canvas Triangle',
    target: '#triangle'
});

triangle.appendTo('#box');
let canvas: HTMLCanvasElement = document.getElementById('triangle') as HTMLCanvasElement;
let context;
if (canvas.getContext) {
    context = canvas.getContext('2d');
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(0, 50);
    context.lineTo(100, 50);
    context.lineTo(50, 0);
    context.fillStyle = "#FDA600";
    context.fill();
}
canvas = document.getElementById('circle') as HTMLCanvasElement;
context = canvas.getContext('2d');
let centerX: number = canvas.width / 2;
let centerY: number = canvas.height / 2;
let radius: number = 30;
context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
context.fillStyle = '#0450C2';
context.fill();
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>EJ2 Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="box" class="e-prevent-select">
            <div class="circletool" id="rectShape" style="left:1%;top:10%">
              <svg>
                <rect id="square" class="shape" x="50" y="20" width="50" height="50" style="fill:#FDA600;stroke:none;stroke-width:5;stroke-opacity:0.9"></rect>
              </svg>
            </div>
            <div class="circletool" id="ellipseShape" style="top:65%;">
              <svg>
                <ellipse id="ellipse" class="shape" cx="100" cy="50" rx="20" ry="40" style="fill:#0450C2;stroke:none;stroke-width:2"></ellipse>
              </svg>
            </div>
            <div class="circletool" id="polyShape" style="top:25%;left:40%">
              <svg>
                <polyline id="polyline" class="shape" points="0,40 40,40 40,80 80,80 80,120 120,120 120,160" style="fill:#ffffff;stroke:#0450C2;stroke-width:4"></polyline>
              </svg>
            </div>
            <div class="circletool" id="circleShape" style="top:16%;left:72%">
              <canvas id="circle" class="shape" width="60" height="60"></canvas>
            </div>
            <div class="circletool" id="triShape" style="top:73%;left:76%">
              <canvas id="triangle" class="shape" width="100" height="50"></canvas>
            </div>
          </div>
      </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>