Position in React Tooltip component

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12 May 2022 / 4 minutes to read

Tooltips can be attached to 12 static locations around the target. On initializing the Tooltip, you can set the position property with any one of the following values:

TopLeft
TopCenter
TopRight
BottomLeft
BottomCenter
BottomRight
LeftTop
LeftCenter
LeftBottom
RightTop
RightCenter
RightBottom

By default, Tooltip is placed at the TopCenter of the target element.

Source

Preview

App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

index.css

App.tsx

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
class App extends React.Component {
    change() {
        this.tooltipInstance.position = this.dropElement.value;
    }
    render() {
        return (<div id='container'>
      <TooltipComponent ref={t => this.tooltipInstance = t} className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' target='#tooltip'>
          <div id="tooltip">Show Tooltip</div>
      </TooltipComponent>
      <div class='ddl'>
          <select id="positions" ref={d => this.dropElement = d} onChange={this.change.bind(this)} className="form-control drop-inline">
              <option value="TopLeft">Top Left</option>
              <option value="TopCenter" selected>Top Center</option>
              <option value="TopRight">Top Right</option>
              <option value="BottomLeft">Bottom Left</option>
              <option value="BottomCenter">Bottom Center</option>
              <option value="BottomRight">Bottom Right</option>
              <option value="LeftTop">Left Top</option>
              <option value="LeftCenter">Left Center</option>
              <option value="LeftBottom">Left Bottom</option>
              <option value="RightTop">Right Top</option>
              <option value="RightCenter">Right Center</option>
              <option value="RightBottom">Right Bottom</option>
          </select>
      </div>
  </div>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
  }

  #container {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    left: 50%;
    margin-top: 100px;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  .tooltip-box {
    width: 400px;
    height: 200px;
  }

  #tooltip {
    background-color: #cfd8dc;
    border: 3px solid #eceff1;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 20px 0;
    width: 200px;
    text-align: center;
    color: #424242;
    font-size: 20px;
    user-select: none;
    position: relative;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-50%);
    left: 50%;
  }

  .ddl {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 30px;
  }

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent, Position } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
private dropElement: HTMLSelectElement;
private tooltipInstance: TooltipComponent;
public  change(): void {
    this.tooltipInstance.position =  this.dropElement.value as Position;
}

  render() {
return (
    <div id='container'>
      <TooltipComponent  ref={t => this.tooltipInstance = t} className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' target='#tooltip'>
          <div id="tooltip">Show Tooltip</div>
      </TooltipComponent>
      <div class='ddl'>
          <select id="positions" ref={d => this.dropElement = d} onChange={this.change.bind(this)} className="form-control drop-inline">
              <option value="TopLeft">Top Left</option>
              <option value="TopCenter" selected>Top Center</option>
              <option value="TopRight">Top Right</option>
              <option value="BottomLeft">Bottom Left</option>
              <option value="BottomCenter">Bottom Center</option>
              <option value="BottomRight">Bottom Right</option>
              <option value="LeftTop">Left Top</option>
              <option value="LeftCenter">Left Center</option>
              <option value="LeftBottom">Left Bottom</option>
              <option value="RightTop">Right Top</option>
              <option value="RightCenter">Right Center</option>
              <option value="RightBottom">Right Bottom</option>
          </select>
      </div>
  </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('sample'));

Tip pointer positioning

The Tooltip pointer can be attached or detached from the Tooltip by using the showTipPointer property. Pointer positions can be adjusted using the tipPointerPosition property that can be assigned to one of the following values:

Auto
Start
Middle
End

The following code example illustrates how to set the pointer to the start position of the Tooltip.

Source

Preview

App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

index.css

App.tsx

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' tipPointerPosition='Start' target='#target'>
        <button className="e-btn" id='target'>Show Tooltip</button>
    </TooltipComponent>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

#target {
    position: relative;
    left: 50%;
    margin-top: 100px;
    transform: translateX(-50%)
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return (
    <TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' tipPointerPosition='Start' target='#target'>
        <button className="e-btn" id='target'>Show Tooltip</button>
    </TooltipComponent>
);
  }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('sample'));

By default, tip pointers are auto adjusted so that the arrow does not point outside the target element.

Dynamic positioning

The Tooltip and its tip pointer can be positioned dynamically based on the target’s location. This can be achieved by using the refresh method, which auto adjusts the Tooltip over the target.

Source

Preview

App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

App.tsx

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
import { Draggable } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.tooltipAnimation = {
            open: { effect: 'None' },
            close: { effect: 'None' }
        };
    }
    componentDidMount() {
        let ele = document.getElementById('demoSmart');
        let drag = new Draggable(ele, {
            clone: false,
            dragArea: '#targetContainer',
            drag: (args) => {
                if (args.element.getAttribute('data-tooltip-id') === null) {
                    this.tooltipInstance.open(args.element);
                }
                else {
                    this.tooltipInstance.refresh(args.element);
                }
            },
            dragStart: (args) => {
                if (args.element.getAttribute('data-tooltip-id') === null) {
                    this.tooltipInstance.open(args.element);
                }
            },
            dragStop: (args) => {
                this.tooltipInstance.close();
            }
        });
    }
    render() {
        return (<div id='targetContainer'>
            <TooltipComponent ref={t => this.tooltipInstance = t} target='#demoSmart' content='Drag me !!!' animation={this.tooltipAnimation}>
            <div id='demoSmart'>
            </div>
            </TooltipComponent>
        </div>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
    <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }

        .wrap {
            margin: 5px;
        }

        .drop-inline {
            display: inline-block;
            margin-top: 10px;
            width: 150px;
        }

        .tooltip-box {
            background-color: #ececec;
            border: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
            box-sizing: border-box;
            margin: 80px auto;
            padding: 10px;
            width: 100px;
        }

        #details table th,
        #details table td {
            padding: 15px;
            text-align: left;
        }

        #details .info {
            font-weight: bold;
        }

        #sample, #clear {
            margin: 10px;
        }

        #targetContainer {
            border: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
            box-sizing: border-box;
            height: 350px;
            margin: 5px;
            overflow: hidden;
            position: relative;
        }

        #demoSmart {
            background: rebeccapurple;
            height: 40px;
            left: 35%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 35%;
            width: 40px;
        }

        #box {
            display: inline-block;
            margin: 60px;
        }

        #disabledbutton {
            pointer-events: none;
        }

        .blocks {
            background-color: #ececec;
            border: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
            box-sizing: border-box;
            display: inline-block;
            line-height: 50px;
            margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
            overflow: hidden;
            text-align: center;
            vertical-align: middle;
            width: 200px;
        }

        .blocks input {
            line-height: normal;
        }

        .circle-container {
            border: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
            box-sizing: border-box;
            height: 200px;
            margin-left: 10px;
            margin-right: 10px;
            position: relative;
        }

        .circle-tool {
            background: #9acd32;
            border-radius: 50px;
            height: 20px;
            position: absolute;
            width: 20px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
import { Draggable } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
private tooltipInstance: TooltipComponent;
private tooltipAnimation: Object = {
    open: { effect: 'None' },
    close: { effect: 'None' }
};
public componentDidMount(): void {
    let ele: HTMLElement = document.getElementById('demoSmart');
    let drag: Draggable = new Draggable(ele, {
        clone: false,
        dragArea: '#targetContainer',
        drag: (args: any) => {
            if (args.element.getAttribute('data-tooltip-id') === null) {
                this.tooltipInstance.open(args.element);
            } else {
                this.tooltipInstance.refresh(args.element);
            }
        },
        dragStart: (args: any) => {
            if (args.element.getAttribute('data-tooltip-id') === null) {
                this.tooltipInstance.open(args.element);
            }
        },
        dragStop: (args: any) => {
            this.tooltipInstance.close();
        }
    });
}
render() {
    return (<div id='targetContainer'>
            <TooltipComponent ref={t => this.tooltipInstance = t} target='#demoSmart' content='Drag me !!!' animation={this.tooltipAnimation}>
            <div id='demoSmart'>
            </div>
            </TooltipComponent>
        </div>
    );
}
}
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('sample'));

Mouse trailing

Tooltips can be positioned relative to the mouse pointer. This behavior can be enabled or disabled by using the mouseTrail property. By default, it is set to false.

Source

Preview

App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

index.css

App.tsx

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' mouseTrail={true} showTipPointer={false}>
        <div id='target'>Show Tooltip</div>
    </TooltipComponent>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

#target {
    background-color: #cfd8dc;
    border: 3px solid #eceff1;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 80px auto;
    padding: 20px 0;
    width: 200px;
    text-align: center;
    color: #424242;
    font-size: 20px;
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return (
    <TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" content='Tooltip Content' mouseTrail={true} showTipPointer={false}>
        <div id='target'>Show Tooltip</div>
    </TooltipComponent>
);
  }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('sample'));

When mouse trailing option is enabled, the tip pointer position gets auto adjusted based on the target, and other position values like start, end, and middle are not applied (to prevent the pointer from moving out of target).

Setting offset values

Offset values are set to specify the distance between the target and tooltip element. offsetX and offsetY properties are used to specify the offset left and top values.

offsetX specifies the distance between the target and Tooltip element in X axis.
offsetY specifies the distance between the target and Tooltip element in Y axis.

The following code example illustrates how to set offset values.

Source

Preview

App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

index.css

App.tsx

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" offsetX={30} offsetY={30} showTipPointer={false} mouseTrail={true} content='Tooltip Content'>
        <div id='target'>Show Tooltip</div>
    </TooltipComponent>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Tooltip</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='sample'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

#target {
    background-color: #cfd8dc;
    border: 3px solid #eceff1;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 80px auto;
    padding: 20px 0;
    width: 200px;
    text-align: center;
    color: #424242;
    font-size: 20px;
}

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
import { TooltipComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return (
    <TooltipComponent className="tooltip-box" offsetX={30} offsetY={30} showTipPointer={false} mouseTrail={true} content='Tooltip Content'>
        <div id='target'>Show Tooltip</div>
    </TooltipComponent>
);
  }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('sample'));

By default, collision is handled automatically and therefore when collision is detected the Tooltip fits horizontally and flips vertically.

Contents

Tip pointer positioning
Dynamic positioning
Mouse trailing
Setting offset values

Contents

Tip pointer positioning
Dynamic positioning
Mouse trailing
Setting offset values