microtip

Modern, minimal css tooptip library with accessibility baked in. Just 1kb minified and gzipped.

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!Microtip

 

Table of Contents

- Installation
- Setup
- Usage
- Customization

 

Installation

via npm
``shell
npm install microtip
`

via yarn
`shell
yarn add microtip
`

via CDN
`
https://unpkg.com/microtip/microtip.css
`

direct download
`shell
curl -o microtip https://github.com/ghosh/microtip/blob/master/microtip.css
`

 


Setup

in PostCSS
`scss
@import 'microtip';
`

in Webpack
`javascript
import microtip from 'microtip/microtip.css'
`

in SCSS
`scss
@import 'microtip/microtip';
`
Make sure, node_modules is included in the includePaths setting. You can then directly import the library into your file.

 


Usage

Using the tooltip is incredibly simple. Simply add a aria-label and role="tooltip" attribute to the element on which you want the tooltip to appear. The tooltip message is the attribute value aria-label="your message". This along with a position modifier is all you need to get going. Example:-
`html

`

$3

You can change the direction of the tooltip by adding a data-microtip-position attribute. The accepted values of this attribute are:- top, top-left, top-right, bottom, bottom-left, bottom-right, left and right. Example:-
`html



`

$3

By default, the tooltip will takeup only the size it requires to show the text. You can specify sizes by adding a data-microtip-size attribute. The accepted values include small, medium, large and fit. Example:-
`html



`

Note - fit sets the width of the tooltip to be the same as the width on the element. It only works along with the top and bottom position modifiers.

 


Customization

Microtip uses css variables, which allows you to customize the behavior of the tooltip as per your needs.


| Variable | Description | Default Value |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| --microtip-transition-duration | Specifies the duration of the tootltip transition | .18s |
| --microtip-transition-delay | The delay on hover before showing the tooltip | 0s |
| --microtip-transition-easing | The easing applied while transitioning the tooltip | ease-in-out |
| --microtip-font-size | Sets the font size of the text in tooltip | 13px |
| --microtip-font-weight | The font weight of the text in tooltip | normal |
| --microtip-text-transform | Controls the casing of the text | none |

 

Example:-
`css
:root {
--microtip-transition-duration: 0.5s;
--microtip-transition-delay: 1s;
--microtip-transition-easing: ease-out;
--microtip-font-size: 13px;
--microtip-font-weight: bold;
--microtip-text-transform: uppercase;
}
`

The above code will cause all the tooltips to transition over 0.5s while applying an easing of type ease-out after a delay of 1s. The text will be bold and uppercase and have a font size of 13px.

You could also customize the tooltip for individual instances by using a selector more specific than :root. Example:-

`css
.button {
--microtip-transition-duration: 0.2s;
--microtip-transition-delay: 0s;
--microtip-transition-easing: ease-in-out;
}
`

The above code would only affect the tooltips shown on any button` element.

For more on css variables see here

 

Credits

- Claudio Holanda - Whose work inspired this project

 

✌️

_{^{A little project by @i_ghosh}}