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Display Tooltip on SVG and canvas elements in JavaScript Tooltip control

23 Mar 2023 / 2 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.

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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.

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let circle: Tooltip = new Tooltip({
    cssClass: 'e-tooltip-css',
    content: 'Canvas Circle',
    target: '#circle'
});
circle.appendTo('#box');
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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();
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<!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="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.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='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <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" />
              </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" />
              </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" />
              </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>
</body>

</html>
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#container {
  visibility: hidden;
}

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

@media (max-width: 500px) {
  #rectShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: -11% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
  #ellipseShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: -20% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
  #polyShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: 28% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
  #circleShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: 68% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
  #triShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: 65% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
}

@media (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 600px) {
  #triShape {
    /* csslint ignore:start */
    left: 70% !important;
    /* csslint ignore:end */
  }
}

#container {
  width: 80%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.e-tooltip-css {
  filter: drop-shadow(2px 5px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25));
}

#control-container {
  /* csslint ignore:start */
  padding: 0 !important;
  /* csslint ignore:end */
}

#box {
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  background: #ffffff;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  height: 320px;
  position: relative;
}

.circletool {
  position: absolute;
}
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