README.md

Tooltip

Wrapping Svelte 5 TS component for creating a tooltip via Snippet children.

• easy implementation using Svelte snippet children
• No Dependencies, UI library, or Tailwind needed
• JS Light, CSS Heavy
• Leverages new Popover API, Anchor API, Position API replacing heavier svelte-floating-ui

Snippet Requirements

1. Include a trigger element identified by the class "trigger"
2. Include tooltip element identified by the class "tooltip" with attribute popover="auto".

Usage

<Tooltip>
	<div class="trigger">Hover me</div>
	<div class="tooltip" popover="auto">This is a tooltip</div>
</Tooltip>

Props

• triggerevent: "hover" | "click" - Event to trigger the tooltip. Default is "hover".
• side: "top" | "right" | "bottom" | "left" - Side to show the tooltip. Default is "top".
• arrow: boolean - Include arrow on the tooltip. Default is "true".
• arrowsize: string - Size of the arrow. Default is "0.5em".
• offset: string - extra offset of the tooltip (beyond arrowsize). Default is "0".
• slide: string - translate animation distance of the tooltip. Default is "2em".
• css: Record<string, any> - Custom css for the tooltip. Default is

  css = {
	background: 'black',
	color: 'white',
	padding: '1em',
	'border-radius': '1em',
	'font-size': '1em',
	'max-width': '300px',
	'box-shadow': '0 8px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)'
  }

• animation: false | {} | TooltipAnimations - Animation for show and hide. Default is

animation = {
  in: {
  		delay: 500,
  		duration: 100,
  		props: {
  			opacity: 1,
  			transform: 'translateX(0) translateY(0)'
  		}
  	},
  	out: {
  		delay: 100,
  		duration: 100,
  		props: {
  			opacity: 0,
  			transform: 'translateX(var(--ttmovex, 0)) translateY(var(--ttmovey, 0))'
  		}
  	}
}

note: --ttmovex and --ttmovey are set by the slide prop depending on side.

• onShow: () => void - Callback function when tooltip is shown, default is () => {}.
• onHide - () => void - Callback function when tooltip is hidden, default is () => {}.
• onToggle - () => void - Callback function when tooltip is toggled, default is () => {}.