Getting started with Vue Tooltip component

28 Mar 20255 minutes to read

This article provides a step-by-step guide for set up a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI and integrating the Syncfusion Vue Tooltip component using the Composition API / Options API.

To get started quickly with Vue Tooltip, you can check out this video:

Prerequisites

System requirements for Syncfusion Vue UI components

Setting up the Vue 2 project

To generate a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI, use the vue create command. Follow these steps to install Vue CLI and create a new project:

npm install -g @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
npm run serve

yarn global add @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
yarn run serve

When creating a new project, choose the option Default ([Vue 2] babel, eslint) from the menu.

Once the quickstart project is set up with default settings, proceed to add Syncfusion components to the project.

Add Syncfusion Vue packages

Syncfusion packages are available at npmjs.com. To use Vue components, install the required npm package.

This article uses the Vue Tooltip component as an example. Install the @syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups package by running the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups --save

yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups

Import Syncfusion CSS styles

You can import themes for the Syncfusion Vue component in various ways, such as using CSS or SASS styles from npm packages, CDN, CRG and Theme Studio. Refer to themes topic to learn more about built-in themes and different ways to refer to themes in a Vue project.

In this article, the Material theme is applied using CSS styles, which are available in installed packages. The necessary Material CSS styles for the Tooltip component and its dependents were imported into the <style> section of src/App.vue file.

~/src/App.vue
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups/styles/material.css";
</style>

We can also use CRG to generate combined component styles.

Add Syncfusion Vue component

Follow the below steps to add the Vue Tooltip component using Composition API or Options API:

1. First, import and register the Tooltip component in the script section of the src/App.vue file. If you are using the Composition API, you should add the setup attribute to the script tag to indicate that Vue will be using the Composition API.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)
Options API (~/src/App.vue)
<script setup>
import { TooltipComponent as EjsTooltip } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups";
</script>
<script>
import { TooltipComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups";
export default {
  components: {
    'ejs-tooltip': TooltipComponent
  }
}
</script>

2. In the template section, define the Tooltip component with the content property.

~/src/App.vue
<template>
    <div id="app">
    <ejs-tooltip ref="tooltip" content='Tooltip content' >
            <span>Show Tooltip</span>
        </ejs-tooltip>
  </div>
</template>

Here is the summarized code for the above steps in the src/App.vue file:

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)
Options API (~/src/App.vue)
<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container'>
      <ejs-tooltip class="tooltipcontainer" content='Tooltip content' target="#target">
        <div style="display: inline-block; position: relative; left: 50%;top: 100px;transform: translateX(-50%);">
          <ejs-button id='target'>Show Tooltip</ejs-button>
        </div>
      </ejs-tooltip>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { TooltipComponent as EjsTooltip } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups";
import { ButtonComponent as EjsButton } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";

</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>
<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container'>
      <ejs-tooltip class="tooltipcontainer" content='Tooltip content' target="#target">
        <div style="display: inline-block; position: relative; left: 50%;top: 100px;transform: translateX(-50%);">
          <ejs-button id='target'>Show Tooltip</ejs-button>
        </div>
      </ejs-tooltip>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import { TooltipComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups";
import { ButtonComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons";

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    "ejs-tooltip": TooltipComponent,
    "ejs-button": ButtonComponent
  },
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-buttons/styles/material.css";
</style>

Run the project

To run the project, use the following command:

npm run serve

yarn run serve

Getting Started with the Vue Tooltip Component in Vue 2